IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17382 of 2009 ARJUN GOPE @ ARJUN RAI Son of Yugal Gope, Resident of Village- Ganjpar, P.S.- Harnaut, District- Nalanda ---------------------Petitioner Versus STATE OF BIHAR -------------------Opposite Party ----------- 2. 13.5.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is an accused in a case under Section 302 of the Indina Penal Code. The bail application of the petitioner was earlier rejected on two occasions. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 24.3.2005 and only one witness has been examined in this case that too as far back as on 27.9.2007. It is submitted thereafter none of the witnesses are coming to the Court to be examined. Considering the facts that the petitioner has remained in custody for more than four years, the petitioner, Arjun Gope @ Arjun Rai is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge, Ist, Barh (Patna) in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 12/2005 corresponding to S.T. No. 717/2006 subject to the condition that he should appear before the Court below during the trial as and when required by the trial Court and if he - 2 - absents himself even for a single date without reasonable cause, his bail bond shall stand cancelled. P. Kumar (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)