IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.11075 of 2011 Khokha Mandal & Anrs. Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 6 06-09-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the state. The alleged occurrence took place in the year, 1998 but petitioners could be remanded in this case after 13 years of the alleged occurrence. Petitioners are named in the first information report but no specific overt act has been attributed against them. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioners is that having similar allegation, several co- accused persons, such as; Jawahar Sharma, Kailash Sharma, Manilal Sharma and Ranjeet Sharma have already been granted privilege of bail whereas some of the accused persons, such as; Jai Jairam Sharma, Haldhar Sharma, Suresh Sharma etc. have already been acquitted. Although no specific overt act has been attributed against the petitioners but taking into consideration that they evaded their arrest in such a serious case for more than 13 years, I am not inclined to release the petitioners on bail. Accordingly, prayer for bail of the petitioners in 2 connection with Beldaur P.S. Case No. 42 of 1998 pending in the court of Sri Deepak Kumar, J.M. Ist Class, Khagaria is, hereby, rejected. AKV/- ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)