IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4806 of 2009 RAM VILASH MEHTA S/o Bhagwat Mehta resident of village Bhotiya P.S. Dhamdaha Dist. Purnea ….. Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR .. Opposite party ----------- 03 09.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is accused in a case registered for the offence under Section 395 of the Penal Code which was lodged on 9.10.1994 with regard to robbery committed in a truck bearing registration no. UP 53-9071. He is named in the first information report along with five others. It is submitted on his behalf that although he is named in the first information report but the police never made any attempt to apprehend him and warrant of arrest was issued against him only in the year 2007 whereafter he approached the court below for grant of bail in the event of arrest/ surrender. It is further submitted that intervening period between lodging of the present case till date one of the co-accused Raj Kumar Mehta has since been acquitted by the trial court under the judgment and order dated 24th December, 2008 as the witnessed examined in the trial failed to substantiate the prosecution allegation. Petitioner although named in the first information report remains absconding for 14 years. In the meantime, another co-accused has been acquitted and he wishes to take advantage of it. In the circumstance, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner in the event of arrest/surrender. He is directed to surrender in the court below within four weeks from today and apply for regular bail which should be considered in accordance with law. - 2 - The application is, accordingly, disposed of. Let this order be communicated to the court below (the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Purnea in Dhamdaha P.S. Case no. 212 of 1994) through FAX on payment of usual charge by the petitioner. shahid (V.N.Sinha, J)