IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.444 of 2010 MAHESH DAS, SON OF BATUK DAS, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE BHARIYA, P.S. AURAHI, DISTRICT DHANUKHA (NEPAL) ---- PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ---- OPPOSITE PARTY For the Petitioner : Mr. Gagandeo Yadav, Advocate For the Union of India : Mr. Md. Iqbal Hasan Rahmani, Advocate Mr. Raj Kishore Singh, Advocate ----------- 2 17.3.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case under Section 21/22 of the N.D.P.S. Act. Counsel for the petitioner submits that ‘Ganja’ recovered from him was less than the commercial quantity and he has remained in custody for two years and ten months. There is no progress in the case. In the circumstances, I direct that petitioner Mahesh Das be released on bail in connection with Harlakhi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2007 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the 1st Additional Sessions Judge, Madhubani subject to the conditions that (a) one of the bailers should be a close family member of the petitioner and (b) the petitioner must appear on each and every date as and when required by the Court and if he absents himself even for a single date without reasonable cause, his bail bond shall stand cancelled. Sanjay (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)