IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.19482 of 2009 SUNIL KUMAR CHAUDHARY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4. 31.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is in custody since 20.8.2008 in a Police case under Sections 393, 414 of the Penal Code and Sections 25(1- B)A, 26, 35 of the Arms Act. The allegations are of his having been apprehended in the market place with a loaded country made pistol attempting to loot a shop with his friends. The prayer for bail of the co-accused apprehended at the spot has been rejected by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 50014 of 2008 on 27.3.2009. The submission is that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents. Considering the period of custody, absence of any antecedents and that the witnesses are all official, let the petitioner, abovenamed be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/-(Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M., Patna in Ram Krishna Nagar P.S. Case No. 35 of 2008. Both the sureties must be his mother and Sanjay Kumar Chaudhary, brother-in-law of the petitioner. Considering that the witnesses are all official, let the trial be concluded within a maximum period of six months. The 2 Senior Superintendent of Police is directed to ensure that the official witnesses appear to depose on the dates fixed. AKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)