IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.4682 of 2009 SINTU SINGH @ SANTU SINGH @ NAVIN SINGH Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 20.03.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The case is under Sections 302, 379, 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. The first information report was instituted in this case on 31.12.2004 in which the petitioner was not named. However, upon arrest of another accused not named in the F.I.R. and upon his confession implicating the petitioner, the petitioner has been remanded in the present case on 6.6.2007 only. It is stated that in one case, the petitioner was in custody since 4.6.2004 in which he was later on relesased on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner was in custody for more than six months from the alleged date of occurrence, his active participation in the crime is ruled out and only on the basis of suspicion and implication by the co-accused, he has been roped in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner - 2 - further submits that co-accused who has named the petitioner has also been granted bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner (Sintu Singh @ Santu Singh @ Navin Singh) be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Muzaffarpur in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No.291/04. B.T. (J.N. Singh, J.)