IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.25690 of 2009 LAL BAHADUR MAHTO @ LAL BAHADUR SINGH, Son of Late Sheo Lakhan Mahto @ Sheo Lakhan Singh, R/o Makhamilpur, P.S. Paliganj, District Patna ……. Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ………. Opp. Party For the petitioner : Mr. Rudra Deo, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, A.P.P. 3 29.10.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner is an accused in a case registered under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the FIR has been lodged against 15 – 20 unknown persons. It is further submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is a co-villager though he has not been named in the FIR and later on the informant has named him along with several other persons. One of such two co-accused Ravi Kumar alias Santosh Kumar and Awdhesh Yadav @ Burhwa Yadav have been granted bail by a Bench of this Court by order dated 14.9.2005 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 32284 of 2005. A certified copy of the order dated 14.9.2005 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 32284 of 2005 is kept on - 2 - record. It is submitted that the petitioner has been remanded in this case on 30.1.2009. There is no recovery of any incriminating article from the possession of the petitioner. It is submitted that during the course of investigation the name of the petitioner has appeared on the basis of the statement of witnesses and also the informant. In the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, LAL BAHADUR MAHTO @ LAL BAHADUR SINGH, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur, in connection with Paliganj P.S. Case No. 96 of 2005 with a further condition that one of the bailors of the petitioner must be a close relative or family member of the petitioner. Spd/- (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)