IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.7151 of 2009 Vinod Mandal, Son of Bachaneshwar Mandal, resident of Village- Kalyanpur, P.S. Amarpur, District-Banka --------- Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 5 21-04-2009 Heard Mrs.Anjana Prakash, learned Sr. Counsel for petitioner Vinod Mandal , one of the two F.I.R. named accused of Bounsi P.S . Case no.21 of 2008 registered under various Sections of the Arms Act, for which he is in custody since 1.3.2008. The prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected by the order dated 11.8.2008 passed in Cr.Misc.No.32912 of 2008 on the ground that he is not carrying a clean antecedent. In the second round for bail, which is the instant petition by order dated 2.3.2009, the case diary was called for along with a report of the Superintendent of Police regarding the criminal antecedent of the petitioner. The Carbon copy of the case diary has been received but no report of the Superintendent of Police has yet been received. It appears from paragraphs 35 and 50 of the case diary that the petitioner does not have any criminal .That apart co-accused Anil Mandal has already been granted bail and the petitioner appears to have spent over one year in custody. In the facts and circumstances, petitioner Vinod Mandal is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned - 2 - learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Banka , in connection Bounsi P.S. Case no.21 of 2008. It is made clear that the petitioner shall be present in court on all dates and if he absents himself in the court on any of the dates his bail shall stand automatically cancelled. NKS/- (Abhijit Sinha, J.)