IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10941 of 2009 GAFFAR MIAN, son of Suleman Mian, resident of Jamadar Tola, P. S. Bettiah (Town), District West Champaran. … Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR … Opposite party. ----------- 3. 29.07.2009. Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner was earlier rejected by an order dated 20.5.2008 in Cr. Misc. No. 8719 of 2008 without making any observation or giving any liberty to the petitioner. Subsequently, when this bail application was filed after completing a period of one year from the date of last order, this Court had called for a report from the trial court as to the stage of trial. Said report at Flag ‘B’ dated 16.5.2009 would go to show that the case till now has not been committed to the court of Sessions due to pendency of police investigation in as against some accused person. Considering the fact that the petitioner is in custody since 6.2.2007 i.e. for a period of almost two and a half years as also the petitioner has no 2 criminal antecedent and the end of the trial is no where in sight, this Court would direct for release of the above named petitioner on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bagaha, District West Champaran in connection with Ramnagar P. S. Case No. 265 of 2006. The Court below will however verify and be satisfied before releasing the petitioner on bail that the petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)