IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14592 of 2010 GAURI RAM, Son of Lehra Ram, resident of Village- Semra, P.S. Dinara, District- Rohtas.............................................Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR............................................Opposite Party. ----------- 03. 02.07.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 22.05.2002 in a case registered under Sections 302 and 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner and another was of assaulting and strangulating the deceased. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no direct evidence against the petitioner and F.I.R. has been lodged on suspicion. Initially the petitioner’s bail was rejected alongwith one Sanjay Ram on 20. 10.2003 vide Cr. Misc. No. 26800 of 2003 on the ground that the trial has commenced but subsequently co-accused Sanjay Ram has been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 33529 of 2006 on 29.08.2006 which also gets reflected from the computer report. The report of the trial court is at Flag-A which suggests that out of 15, only nine witnesses have been examined and against 2 rest, process has been issued but no specific time frame for concluding the trial has been recorded by the trial court. The petitioner is languishing in jail since 22.05.2009 and similarly situated accused has already been granted bail. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the period under custody and grant of bail to similarly situated accused, let the petitioner, Gauri Ram, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. 2, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Sessions Trial No. 13 of 2003 arising out of Dinara P.S. Case No. 81 of 2002. It is made clear that the petitioner will appear regularly during the trial and if he fails to appear on two consecutive dates the trial court will be at liberty to cancel his bail. U.K. (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J)