IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.23066 of 2009 RAM KUMAR JHA Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 2.7.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is in custody in a Police case under Sections 307 and 34 of the Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act. Considering that he absconded from January 1993 till August 2008, this Court is not persuaded to grant him bail at this stage. The application is rejected. Any application for regular bail on his behalf before the Court below, after the petitioner completes one year of custody to enable progress in the trial, shall be considered by the Court below on its own merits keeping in mind the period of incarceration undergone for absconding, without being prejudiced by the present order. The Court below shall remain at liberty to impose such condition as deemed fit and proper so that the petitioner may not abscond. P. Kumar (Navin Sinha, J.)