IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8590 of 2008 SATRUGHAN PANDEY Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 16.5.2008 Heard Counsel for the petitioner and A.P.P. representing the State. The petitioner is facing prosecution for offence under Section 25(1-B)A/26 of the Arms Act. Counsel for the petitioner submits that it is at the instance of the seizure witness that he is being repeatedly involved in such offences and in fact nothing was recovered from his premises or conscious possession and therefore the story of the prosecution in the First Information Report that there was a recovery of a country made pistol and a cartridge is absolutely a framed story. Counsel further submits that the petitioner is in custody since 3.6.2007 and in fact apart from the two cases which were alleged by the family of the seizure witness of this case, there is no other criminal case pending against him. Considering the fact that the petitioner has remained in custody for a period of more than 11 months and that the petitioner is already on bail in the earlier two cases, this Court directs the petitioner Satrughan Pandey to be released on bail in connection with Shahpur P.S. Case No. 85/2007 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of 2 the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Ara. However, it is made clear that one of the bailers must be either mother or wife of the petitioner. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)