IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.36061 of 2008 BAMBAM JHA @ ASHUTOSH JHA, S/o- Vijay Jha, Resident of Village- Ausata, P.S.- Rajaun, District- Banka :---- Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR:------Opposite Party ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Narendra Kumar Mishra, Advocate. For the Opposite Party : Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwari, A.P.P. ====== 3. 18.12.2008. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is an accused in a case under Section 302 and other allied Sections of the Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act. He is named in the First Information Report along with 10 others and is said to be armed with gun but no other overt act is alleged against him that he fired upon any of the victims. Petitioner appears to have absconded as he was taken in custody on 23.07.2008. In the circumstances, at this stage, I am not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. His prayer for bail is, accordingly, rejected, however, with liberty to renew prayer for bail after completing one year in jail custody. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)