IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.20502 of 2008 INDRESH RAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 3.7.2008 Heard the parties. The petitioner is an accused in a case under sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 323, 302 and 379 of the Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is of firing. However, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he has remained in custody for seven years and the trial has not been taken up. The position is that there are several accused persons in this case and a number of them have not appeared and as such the trial could not be taken up.The court below is directed to separate the trial of the accused persons who are appearing in this case on regular basis and start trial. In the aforesaid facts the petitioner Indresh Ram is directed to be released on bail in Paliganj PS Case No. 68/1994 (S.T. No. 76/2004) on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Sessions Judge I, Patna, with the conditions that one of the bailer should be close relation of the petitioner, the petitioner should inform the police station and the court in case of any change of address during pendency of the case and that he should appear on each and every date as and when required by the court and if he absents himself even on a single date without cause, his bail bond shall stand cancelled. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)