IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.2318 of 2010 MANOJ SINGH, Son of Shyam Nandan Singh, resident of village-Bithauli, P.S. Bhagwanpur, District-Vaishali. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 25-02-2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner for the offence under sections 307 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code is pressed on the ground that the petitioner is a poor person and therefore despite being named in the First Information Report lodged in the year 2000, he could not surrender/ moved for anticipatory bail in all these ten years. It has also been submitted that there is omnibus allegation against the petitioner of assaulting the son of the Informant along with Nityanand Singh and Pappu Singh and as such the petitioner would be entitled for grant of anticipatory bail. In the opinion of this Court, the very conduct of the petitioner of remaining absconding for a period of nearly ten years despite the fact that he was named in the First Information Report as one of the three main accused persons with a specific allegation of giving Garasa blow which has also been found to be substantiated in the corresponding injury report, would disentitle the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail to him. Prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is accordingly rejected with a direction that the petitioner must 2 surrender within a period of one month from today. If the petitioner would surrender and seek regular bail the same would be disposed of on its own merit without being prejudiced by the present order of this Court. Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)