IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.16815 of 2009 LALAN YADAV son of Chanchal Yadav, resident of Bali Chapar, P S – Sidhwalia, District - Gopalganj Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 07. 11.05.2011 Petitioner is an accused in Siwan Town P S Case No.12 of 2008. He is charged under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, primarily sections 399, 402, 307, 353 of the Indian Penal Code read with several sections of the Arms Act. Submission made at the bar on behalf of the petitioner is that he is in custody since 23.12.2008 and that too on the basis of so-called confessional statement of a co-accused that petitioner was one the persons who were travelling in the Bolero vehicle, when the police party raided and arrested one Ish Mohammad with AK -47 rifle. The allegation is that the accused persons had got together to rob a bank. Some other co-accused persons in similar situation, who were made accused on the basis of confession, have been granted bail by this Court. Keeping the period of custody i.e. from 23.12.2008 as well as the nature of the allegation and evidence, let the petitioner Lalan Yadav be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in Siwan Town P S Case No. 12 of 2008. One of the sureties will be executed by the father of the 2 petitioner and the other by a close relation, on due identification as to the nature of the relationship. It is made clear that the petitioner will co-operate in the trial by appearing on each and every date either in person or through his counsel. Failure to do so may entail losing the privilege of bail granted to him. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)