IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.30104 of 2010 RANJIT THAKUR @ NAUWA, S/O LATE KRISHNA THAKUR, R/O VILLAGE- KARMANIYA, P.S. PAKRIBARAWAN, DISTRICT- NAWADA. …………Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 3 11.10.2010 Heard Sri Y.C. Verma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Murlidhar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner, who is in custody in connection with Sessions Trial No. 61 of 2007/ 76 of 2010 arising out of Pakribrawan P.S. Case No. 68 of 2001 for the offence under Sections 307, 34, 414 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act, has prayed for grant of bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner was earlier granted bail but before furnishing bail bond, it was alleged that petitioner escaped from the jail custody and he remained absconding for a long time and subsequently in the year 2007 the petitioner was remanded in the present case after being arrested and remanded in another case. It has been submitted that since 2007 the petitioner is in custody. Accordingly it has been prayed to extend the privilege of bail. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail. Keeping in views the fact that petitioner has remained in jail for a long time and in this case charges were framed long back in the year 2007 and only two formal witnesses were 2 examined, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on his furnishing his bail bond of Rs. 10,000 (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Fast Track Court IInd, Nawada in connection with Sessions Trial No. 61 of 2007/ 76 of 2010 arising out of Pakribrawan P.S. Case No. 68 of 2001. Bhardwaj ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)