IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr Misc No16267 of 2009 Shankar Singh @ Pankaj Kumar @ Shiv Shankar, son of Ram Nandan Singh, Resident of Village - Indupur, Nitha Tola, Police Station - Barahiya, District - Lakhisarai - Petitioner Versus State of Bihar - Opposite Party ----------- 2 22.05.2009 The petitioner is in custody since 25.09.2007 in connection with Mokama Police Station Case No 44 of 2007. It is alleged by the informant, who is a driver of a private taxi, that some people came and hired his car to drop them at different place. At the ultimate destination, it is alleged that the informant was beaten up and left at the Railway crossing and the car was taken away by the miscreants. In course of investigation, one Tarun Kumar Singh was arrested on suspicion who confessed his guilt and named the petitioner. Both were allegedly put on test identification parade and identified. Learned counsel submits that test identification parade is nothing but shown to the informant at the Police Station which is not valid in law. Considering the facts that petitioner is neither named nor properly identified but named by co-accused, the petitioner abovenamed is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Barh in Mokama Police Station Case No 44 of 2007. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)