IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.18885 of 2009 JITENDRA NATH son of Amarnath, resident of Village Korawan Islampur, Police Station Islampur, District Patna… … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR… ..OPPOSITE PARTY For the Petitioner: Mr. K.N. Diwakar, Advocate For the S t a t e : A.P.P. ----------- 2 27.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner enclosing therewith a report of the forensic science laboratory with regard to certain vehicles, which were seized in this case. Let it be kept on the record. Petitioner is an accused in a case registered under sections 414/420/120B of the Indian Penal Code. The informant of this case is a police officer, who had apprehended two persons, namely, Kundan Kumar and Md. Kalam with a vehicle suspected to be stolen. They claimed to have sold one Bolero bearing registration no. BR-53/6158 to this petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a bonafide purchaser of the aforesaid vehicle and none of the offences are made out against him. A petition for release of the vehicle has been filed by the wife of the petitioner on his behalf. Further submission is that it is apparent from the forensic science laboratory report, annexed as annexure 2 to the supplementary affidavit which has been filed today, that there has been no tampering with the concerned chassis number and engine number of 2 the vehicle in question. The petitioner is stated to be under jail custody since 23.03.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also brought on record copies of two orders passed by different benches of this Court, annexed as annexures 2 and 3 to the supplementary affidavit filed on 26.05.2009, whereby, according to him, one co-accused Manoj Kumar alias Sanjay Kumar Singh, who is on similar footing to that of the petitioner, has been granted bail and that apart, Md. Kalam, who is named in the first information report and had taken the name of the petitioner, has also been granted bail. In the facts and circumstances of the case, I direct the petitioner, namely, Jitendra Nath, to be enlarged 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Patna in Kotwali Police Station Case No. 246/08. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)