IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11502 of 2009 SHOBHAN MANDAL @ SOVAN MANDAL, SON OF HALDHAR MANDAL, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE NIRANJAN NAGAR, JAMALDIPUR, P.S. KHARIK, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR………………………………………….PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR………………………………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Umakant Prasad, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P. --------- 2. 18.5.2009. Shobhan Mandal alias Sovan Mandal, one of the F.I.R. named accused of Bihpur P.S. Case No.118 of 2003 registered under Section 307 and other allied Sections of the Penal Code as also Section 27 of the Arms Act, is in custody in connection therewith. The petitioner alongwith others is alleged to have resorted to indiscriminate firing as a result whereof villager Ram Choudhary was shot dead. They are also alleged to have fired at the police party and thereafter managed to escape. It is submitted that co-accused, Indradeo Mandal, Niranjan Mandal, Manta Sangahi, Niranjan Mandal and Dubba Mandal vide orders dated 22.6.2006, 20.4.2007, 16.7.2007, 11.12.2007 and 14.11.2008 passed in Criminal Misc. Nos.23727 of 2006, 16873 of 2007, 23951 of 2007, 42084 of 2007 and 41723 of 2008 respectively have already been granted bail by this Court. Be that as it may, the case of the petitioner appears to be little different from the co-accused who haven already been granted bail inasmuch as he chose to remain by itself absent in the court below for a very long time. In that view of the matter and due regard being had to his criminal - 2 - history, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at the present moment. His prayer for bail is accordingly rejected. However, he may renew his prayer for bail after a period of four months. P.S. (Abhijit Sinha,J)