IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32329 of 2009 1. MD. AFROZ @ ARFAZ KHAN @ PAINTER, son of Firoz Khan, resident of village Deona, P.S. Barauni, District Begusarai 2. Sajjad Khan @ Muna @ Md. Sajjad, son of Tejjuddin @ Tej Khan, resident of Sangam Bihar, New Delhi, at present resident of Deona, P.S. Barauni, District Begusarai Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- Cr.Misc. No.32501 of 2009 MD.SAUD ALAM KHAN, son of late Nasim Khan, resident of village Khajari, P.S. Kalyanpur, District Samastipur Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- Cr.Misc. No.33591 of 2009 BIRENDRA JHA, son of Sri Ugandev Jha, Resident of village Birpur, P.S. Birpur, District Begusarai Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2. 11.9.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the counsel for the State. Considering the nature of allegation and completion of period of 60 days as also the petitioners having no criminal antecedent except in case of Md. Afroz @ Afroz Khan @ Painter, who is said to be accused in two criminal cases, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioners, namely, Sajjad Khan @ Muna @ Md. Sajjad, Md. Saud Alam Khan and Birendra Jha, who are in custody since 15.6.2009. 2 Accordingly, the petitioners, namely, Sajjad Khan @ Muna @ Md. Sajjad, Md. Saud Alam Khan and Birendra Jha, are directed to be released on bail on their furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in Barauni P.S.Case No. 189/2009. The court below, however, shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and if the court below finds that they are involved in any other case, they would not be released on bail. The prayer for bail of the petitioner Md. Afroz @ Afraz Khan @ Painter, is rejected for the present and he may renew his prayer for bail after completing six months of his judicial custody. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/