IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8648 of 2010 CHOTU MAHTO @ CHOTU KUMAR MAHTO SON OF SRI NARESH MZAHTO, RESIDENT OF GHOGHA BAZAR, P.S. KAHALGAON, DISRICT- BHAGALPUR Versus STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 2 21.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Addl. P.P. appearing for the State. A supplementary affidavit has been filed on behalf of the petitioner. The petitioner had earlier approached this Court for grant of bail in Cr. Misc. No. 14237 of 2009 which was rejected as the order dated 27.10.2009 (Annexure-1). It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 25.11.2008 having no criminal antecedent and there is no eye witness to the alleged occurrence. It is further submitted that the co- accused persons namely, Sanjay Yadav and Suraj Kumar Choudhary on whose confessional statement the petitioner has been made accused in this case have been allowed bail by this Hon’ble Court as per the orders dated 06.01.2010 and 17.02.2010 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 44183 of 2009 and 14396 of 2010 respectively. Learned counsel has produced the certified copies of the aforesaid orders, which have been kept on record. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that let the petitioner, above named, - 2 - be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in Kahalgaon (Ghogha) P.S. Case No. 592 of 2008 with condition that one of the sureties must be a close relative of the petitioner and the petitioner shall remain personally present on each and every date in the case in Court below. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)