IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17530 of 2009 PALTU SINGH son of Ram Lochan Singh, resident of Village Karai Sarpati, P.S. Vibhutipur, District Samastipur, … … Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR… OPPOSITE PARTY For the Petitioner: Mrs. Madhubala Verma, Advocate, For the S t a t e : Mr. R.B. Roy ‘Raman’, A.P.P. 2 22.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner has been made accused in Samastipur(M) P.S. Case No. 338/2007 under sections 399 and 402 of the Indian Penal Code. At the same time, a case under the Arms Act has also been registered. Allegation is that a police raid party had caught the petitioner along with another accused Laxmi Mahto and a loaded country made pistol was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in jail custody since 7.8.2007. Further contention of the petitioner is that except the present case and the related Arms Act case, as aforesaid, there is no other criminal case pending against the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner produces certified copy of order passed by a Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 6171 of 2 2008 to demonstrate that similarly situated accused, namely, Laxmi Mahto, from whose possession a country made pistol was also recovered, has been granted bail. Let it be kept on the record. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Paltu Singh, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Samastipur, in Samastipur (M) Police Station Case No. 338 of 2007(G.R. No. 1342/2007). SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)