IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.26945 of 2008 SHOM SANTHAL @ KISHKOO @ SHYAM LAL KISKU S/O-Rasiklal Santhal @ Rasiklal Kishku, R/O-Vill-Shivnagar Bans Tola, P.S.-Raniganj, Distt.- Araria. …………………………………………..Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ……………………………………..Opposite Party. ----------- 3/ 20.02.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case which has been registered under Sections 395 & 397 of the Indian Penal Code on 18.10.2007 against Binod Mehta, Laxmi Harijan and other unknown. Submission is that the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report, has not been put on Test Identification Parade and there is no recovery from his possession. He is co-villager of the informant and he is not naming in the First Information Report as accused, which goes to show his innocence. His name has come on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Dayanand Mandal who has been granted bail by this Court on 22.05.2008 vide Cr. Misc. No. 7307 of 2008. First Information Report named accused Laxmi Harijan has been granted bail on 22.05.2008 vide Cr. Misc. No.18383 of 2008. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released from - 2 - custody on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 304 of 2007. kksinha/ (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)