IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.10897 of 2009 Rajendra Mandal son of late Basudev Mandal, resident of village Choti Mohanpur, P.S. Ekchari(Kahalgaon), District Bhagalpur… …. Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR… Opposite party For the Petitioner: Mr. Anupa Nand Jha, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr. C. Jawahar, A.P.P. 2 05.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has been made accused under sections 147, 148, 447, 323, 302 and 364 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with Ekchari Police Station Case No. 16/08. It appears that the deceased was eloping with a girl, who was daughter of one Bechan Mandal. The accused persons including the petitioner assaulted the lady as well as the son of the informant. There is general allegation of inflicting blows with lathis against all the accused persons. The petitioner is named in first information report. It is submitted that co-accused persons, namely, Mantu Mandal, Chandra Shekhar Mandal, Manohar Mandal, Narad Mandal, Niranjan Mandal and Jangali Mandal, have already been granted bail by this Court vide Annexure 2 and accused Tetar Mandal and Sanjay Mandal have been enlarged on bail in Cr. Misc. No. 7604 of 2009 today itself(5.5.2009). It is also submitted that the case of the petitioner is on similar footing and thus, he deserves bail. It is also stated that the petitioner is in jail custody since 12.1.2009. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Rajendra Mandal, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in Ekchari Police Station Case No. 16/2008. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)