IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No 4804 of 2011 Mantu Yadav, son of Dhanni Choudhary, resident of village – Chhoti Bharatshila, Police Station – Shambhuganj, District – Banka - Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 2 01.03.2011 The petitioner is in custody since 30.09.2010 in relation to Shambhuganj Police Station Case No 7 of 2006 instituted under Section 302 and other sections of Indian Penal Code read with Arms Act. It is alleged that the petitioner alongwith another came and took the son of the informant with him. The son did not return in the night and, as such, search was started. Next day, his body was recovered from near the river bank buried. The case was instituted in the year, 2006 and the petitioner is specifically named still the petitioner could not be apprehended and ultimately it is only in September, 2010 after more than four years, petitioner has surrendered. Considering the aforesaid, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail at this stage. Let the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka take steps for immediate commitment of the case to the Court of Session and when once charges are framed as against the petitioner, petitioner abovenamed would be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the trial Court before whom the trial would take place in 2 Shambhuganj Police Station Case No 7 of 2006. With these observations and directions, this application stands disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)