IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.12956 of 2009 1. Punit Singh @ Purnit Singh, Son of Late Devnath Singh. 2. Raj Kumar Singh, Son of Punit Singh. 3. Guddu @ Abhinay Singh, Son of Partiram Singh. All are residents of Village- Pratapur, Police Station-Awtarnagar, District- Saran at Chapra..................................................Petitioners. Versus The State of Bihar....................................................Opposite Party. ----------- 04. 20.11.2009. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and counsel appearing for the State. Petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case under Sections 328, 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The case is of the year 2002. Charge sheet is submitted against two co-accused persons who were put on trial and finally acquitted due to the fact that the informant of the case has turned hostile. The case diary reveals that till the year 2008 the investigation against the petitioners has been kept pending. Considering the fact that the co-accused persons have been turned hostile and have not disclosed the name of any persons named in the First Information Report and the fact that even after six years of the occurrence no fresh material is brought on record to show involvement of the petitioners in the said occurrence, I direct that the petitioners, Punit Singh @ Purnit Singh, Raj Kumar Singh and Guddu @ Abhinay Singh should be released on anticipatory bail in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with 2 Awatar Nagar P.S. Case No. 46 of 2002 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand)each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M. Saran at Chapra Subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of Cr.P.C. U.K. (Sheema Ali Khan,j)