IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2357 of 2010 SANTOSH SINGH @ SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH SON OF VISHWANATH SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NARAINPUR,P.S.KAHALGAON,DISTT.BHAGALPUR Versus STATE OF BIHAR with Cr.Misc. No.3770 of 2010 1.PANKAJ MANDAL SON OF ARUN MANDAL 2.RAGHUBIR MANDAL SON OF SHYAM MANDAL 3.DILIP SINGH SON OF RAJENDRA SINGH 4.PRADEEP SINGH SON OF VISHWANATH SINGH ALL RESIDENTS OF VILLAGE NARAINPUR,P.S.KAHALGAON,DISTT.BHAGALPUR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR For the petitioners : Mr.Ranjan Kumar Jha For the State : Mr.Addl.P.P. ----------- 2/ 9.2.2010 Both the above applications have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common order because they have arisen out of one occurrence. The petitioners seek bail in a case which has been registered for offence under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation is that the petitioners were the persons who were found in possession of the stolen property which was of NTPC, Kahalgaon. Submission is that the petitioners have never stolen the articles. There is no report of NTPC that any article has been stolen. The petitioners are in custody since 5.10.2009 and they have no criminal antecedents. The petitioners were only the passengers of the car from which recovery was made. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioners be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in Kahalgaon P.S.Case No. 467 of 2009. Tahir/- ( Shyam Kishore Sharma, J. )