IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.14262 of 2008 GAURI SHANKAR PRASAD Versus STATE OF BIHAR ******** 2 07.05.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and the A.P.P. representing the State. The petitioner is an accused in a case under Sections 461, 379 and 411 of the Indian Penal Code. In view of the fact that for alleged recovery of 6.5 quintals of rice, which is said to be stolen from a school, there being absolutely no direct proof that the petitioner had committed theft or that there is nothing to show that the rice recovered was the same rice as is said to have been stolen from the school in question, this Court upon considering the fact that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents except in the present episode and further that he has remained in custody since 07.01.2008 in this case, directs for the release of the petitioner Gauri Shankar Prasad on bail in Ahiyapur Police Station Case No. 474 of 2007 (Trial No. 2306) on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Shri Ashutosh Kumar, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Muzaffarpur with a condition that one of the sureties must be either the mother or the wife of the petitioner. Anand (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)