IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10795 of 2010 YOGENDRA YADAV, SON OF SHRI LAL YADAV, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-PILAKHWAR, POLICE STATION-RAJ NAGAR, DISTRICT-MADHUBANI. ………………………………………………..PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ---------- For the Petitioner : M/s. D.K. Sinha, Senior Advocate and Gagandeo Yadav, Advocate. For the State : Mr. U.S.P. Singh, A.P.P. --------- 2. 7.4.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Sections 418 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. As per the allegation set up in the First Information Report, the petitioner had committed forgery for obtaining the service as a Home Guard and had remained in service since 1974. It has been submitted that the prosecution case itself is not very much clear about the alleged forgery allegedly committed by the petitioner. It is contended that initially it was alleged that the number allotted to the - 2 - petitioner belonged to some body else, however, subsequently, it has come that the said number had not been allotted to any one. It has also been submitted that the petitioner had remained in service since 1974 and now at the fag end of his service when he is at the verge of the retirement, such case had been instituted against him. The petitioner is stated to be in custody since 15.1.2010 and it is also stated that the charge sheet has already been submitted in this case. Having regard to the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Yogendra Yadav, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madhubani, in connection with Madhubani Town P.S. Case No.440 of 2008, with a further condition that the petitioner shall remain present on each and every date during the course of the trial in the court below. If the petitioner fails to remain present on two consecutive dates during the course of the trial in the court below without any reasonable cause being shown, the court concerned would be at liberty - 3 - to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. P.S. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan,J)