IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14835 of 2009 BALDEO MANDAL son of Sudeli Mandal, Resident of village Chhoti Mohanpur, P.S. Ekchari, District Bhagalpur…. Petitioner Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR… OPPOSITE PARTY …. For the Petitioner: Mr. D.K. Pandey, Advocate, For the S t a t e : Mr. C. Jawahar, A.P.P. 2 08.05.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is facing prosecution in Ekchari P.S. Case No. 16/08 under sections 147, 148, 447, 323 and 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with other accused persons had assaulted Matru Mandal Julo Kumari causing death of Matru Mandal. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Manohar Mandal and others, have been granted bail by this Court on 28.11.2008 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46389 of 2008 and other accused persons, namely, Niraj Mandal, Jangali Mandal, Suresh Mandal, Kishore Mandal and others have also been granted bail by this Court. It is also submitted that this Court had granted bail to accused Tetar 2 Mandal in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 7604 of 2009 and accused Rajendra Mandal in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 10897 of 2009 on 5.5.2009. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in jail custody since 5.2.2009. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Baldeo Mandal, is directed to be enlarged 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in Ekchari Police Station Case No. 16/08. SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.)