IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.51623 of 2007 SANTU PRASAD KAZI @ SANTOSH KAZI @ SANTOSH KUMAR KAZI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 4 2.5.2008 Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to correct the prayer portion of the bail petition. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner is an accused in a case under section 302 of the Penal Code. The petitioner’s prayer for bail was earlier rejected on the ground that petitioner has hardly remained in custody for six months. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is now in custody for twenty months. The allegation is that the petitioner assaulted the deceased with fist and slap on 20.6.2006. He was taken for treatment but he died on 26.6.2006. Thereafter the F.I.R. was instituted. Considering the period of custody the petitioner Santu Prasad Kazi @ Santosh Kazi @ Santosh Kumar Kazi is directed to be released on bail in Laukariya PS Case No.47/2006 on furnishing bail bond of rupees ten thousand with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Addl. Dist. & Sessions Judge, Bagaha, West Champaran. haque (Sheema Ali Khan, J.)