IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.13170 of 2008 SITA RAM SINGH & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 19.5.08 Petitioners are in custody since 10.3.2008 in relation to Barahiya ( N.D.P.S.) case no. 8(A)/96 which arises out of Barahiya (N.D.P.S.) Case no. 8/96. In this case chargesheet has been submitted in the year 2001 and the petitioners are not named in the FIR and shown as absconders in the chargesheet. Petitioners ultimately surrendered on 10.3.2008. It is submitted by Mr. Hare Krishna Prasad , learned counsel for the petitioners that whether the articles seized were , in fact, Ganja or not has itself not been established. What has become those as stuff is not known. Petitionrs are local and no efforts have been made to arrest them. It is further submitted that similarly situated several persons have been granted bail by this Court. In the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioners,Sita Ram Singh and Machhar Singh be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand0 each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional Sessions Judge, Lakhisarai in Barahiya (N.D.P.S.) Case no. 8(A) of 1996, G.R.no. 1095A/96 ,subject to the condition that on each and every date petitioners would be physically present in the Court and not seeking exemption from appearance. singh ( Navaniti Prasad Singh )