IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.41138 OF 2008 MAHESH KUMAR, SON OF RAMESHWAR SAHANI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE SANDALPUR, POLICE STATION BAHADURPUR, DISTRICT PATNA VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR WITH CR.MISC. NO.43118 OF 2008 1. RAGHU NANDAN MAHTO, SON OF LATE CHANDER MAHTO, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NIMGANJ CHAUKI, POLICE STATION NEEMGANJ, DISTRICT NALANDA, AT PRESENT RESIDING AT BISCOMAUN COLONY GOLAMBAR, POLICE STATION ALAMGANJ, DISTRICT PATNA 2. RAJESH PRASAD, SON OF SRI BRAHMDEO MAHTON, RESIDENT OF MIRCHAIGANJ, P.S. KATRI SARAI, DISTRICT NALANDA, AT PRESENT RESIDING AT BISCOMAUN COLONY GOLAMBAR, POLICE STATION ALAMGANJ, DISTRICT PATNA 3. DINESH KUMAR, SON OF SUKHARI YADAV, RESIDENT OF GULZARBAGH, POLICE STATION ALAMGANJ, DISTRICT PATNA VERSUS STATE OF BIHAR ******** 2 25.11.2008 Criminal Misc. No. 41138 of 2008 on behalf of Mahesh Kumar and Criminal Misc. No. 43118 of 2008 on behalf of Raghu Nandan Mahto, Rajesh Prasad and Dinesh Kumar have been taken up together since both the cases have arisen out of one occurrence which had led to the registration of First Information Report under Section 401 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Both the cases have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common order. Heard counsel for the petitioners and the A.P.P. representing the State. The informant was on patrolling duty. He saw smoke coming out of a house. The smell of copper was 2 found there and the police apprehended the culprits who were burning the copper wire. They confessed that the copper wire was stolen. Submission is that similarly situated accused person Guddu Kumar has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 18.11.2008 in Criminal Misc. No. 42690 of 2008. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioners, namely, Mahesh Kumar, Raghu Nandan Mahto, Rajesh Prasad and Dinesh Kumar are directed to be released on bail in Alamganj Patna Police Station Case No. 163 of 2008 on furnishing the bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Shri S. K. Mishra, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna City. Anand (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)