IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17063 of 2009 JITENDRA MAHTO Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 27.05.2009 Heard counsel for the parties. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking bail in a case instituted under section 392 IPC. The FIR in the present case was lodged on 12.03.2003 against unknown. Earlier, the petitioner approached this Court for grant of anticipatory bail in Cr.Misc. No.3160 of 2007 which was disposed of under order dated 14.2.2007 with a direction to surrender in the court below within four weeks and thereafter a further direction was issued by the court for verification of his antecedent report as also the case diary. From the impugned order, it appears that the petitioner initially made an application in the court below on 23.2.2007 whereafter reports were called for as per the direction of this Court passed in the anticipatory bail application. The impugned order indicates that subsequently he was to surrender within the aforesaid period of four weeks to get the fruit of the order, but the petitioner in spite of the direction and notices given to his counsel, did not appear within the aforesaid time. It further appears that he finally appeared before the court below on 17.3.2009. Precisely , on this ground, the learned court below - 2 - has rejected the prayer for the petitioner. Having considered the submissions and after going through the materials on record, this Court is satisfied that a case for interference has been made out. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner abovenamed, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of M. Kumar 1st Class Judicial Magistrate, Purnia in connection with Banmankhi (Jankinagar) P.S.Case No. 32 of 2003 (G.R.No.420 of 2003) subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be his own/close family member. hr ( Kishore K. Mandal )