IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.40905 of 2008 PRADEEP YADAV S/O SITA RAM YADAV, R/O VILLAGE- PARASI, P.S. JHAJHA, DISTRICT- JAMUI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 24/11/2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered under sections 386/34 of the Indian Penal Code against Sarfuddin Ali @ Meni Ali and three others in which allegation is that the informant was asked to pay rupees forty thousand by way of ransom. The informant gave information to police and when the accused persons came for demanding then the police apprehended them. Submission is that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. There is no recovery from his possession. The occurrence of 4.1.2008 has been reported on 22.1.2008 and there is no explanation of the delay. The police has let off named accused Sarfuddin. The petitioner is a ward member. The petitioner has been apprehended with one Raj Kishore Prasad who has been admitted to bail on 14.11.2008 in Cr.Misc.No. 37993 of 2008. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Pradeep Yadav is directed to be released on bail on furnishing of bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the C.J.M., Jamui in connection with Chandramandih P.S. Case No. 03 of 2008. avin (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)