IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2695 of 2009 ASGAR ANSARI son of Moharam Ansari @ Muharram Mina, resident of village Belbanwa, P.S. Jogapatti. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3 19.2.2009 Petitioner is in custody since 2.2.2008 in relation to Jogapatti P.S.Case no.189 of 2007 for an alleged offence of recovery of three counterfeit 500 notes from his trouser’s pocket being found hanging in his house . It is submitted that at best offence would be under Section 489© IPC, which is bailable. Be that as it may, this Court had earlier rejected the bail application of the petitioner in Cr.Misc. No. 12956 of 2008 on 13.5.2008 noticing that the police had searched his house along with the police of Uttrakhand, who were in search of the petitioner in relation to another recovery of counterfeit notes in that State. When this application was heard on 23.1.2009, this Court directed the petitioner to bring on record the status of the case at Uttrakhand. A supplementary affidavit has been filed in which it is stated that Cr.Case no. 482 of 2007 (FIR No. 34 of 2007) being New Tehri Gadhwal, Kotwali Police Station was institiuted in the State of Uttrakhand on 23.8.2007, in which petitioner was not accused and in that case charge sheet has already been submitted and the petitioner has not been named therein. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner, Asgar Ansari, 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 C.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in Jogapatti 2 P.S.Case no. 189 of 2007. One of the sureties would be the father of the petitioner. SINGH (Navaniti Pd. Singh, J.)