IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.55166 of 2007 ARJUN JHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 1.5.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. It has been submitted that the allegation of the petitioner Arjun Jha is more or less on the similar footing of co-accused Ram Pravesh Ram @ Aklu who has been granted bail on 21.9.99 by a Bench of this Court vide order passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19497 of 1999. The petitioner is in custody since 26.12.98 i.e. preceding nine years. It is submitted that Since the petitioner’s case stands on better footing of co-accused Ram Pravesh Ram who has been released on bail in the year 1999, the petitioner be released on bail. Learned A.P.P. has also been heard. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner Arjun Jha is admitted to bail on execution of a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of 1st Addl. Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Sessions Trial No. 416 of 2000 arising out of Kanti P.S. Case No. 224 of 1998. S.Ali (Subash Chandra Jha, J.)