IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR.MISC. NO.13534 OF 2009 AALOK RAI @ LOK NATH RAI, SON OF KAMESHWAR RAI, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DARBA, POLICE STATION TAJPUR (HALAI), DISTRICT SAMASTIPUR VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR ********* 5 15/09/2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is an accused in a case under Section 364/34 of the Indian Penal Code. In connection with this case, the petitioner is in custody since 10.09.2008. Five persons have been named in the First Information Report as the kidnappers of the victim boy who was later on killed. The petitioner is not named in the First Information Report. His name transpired in the statement made by one of the co-accused Pashupati Choudhary wherein he has accepted his guilt and stated that the petitioner was the person responsible for collecting the ransom amount. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that other co-accused persons who were named by Pashupati Choudhary have been granted bail by this Court. The petitioner has been named along with Anjani Rai and Siya Ram Pandey. He further submits that Siya Ram Pandey and Anjani Rai have been granted bail by this 2 Court vide orders dated 20.05.2008 and 16.04.2008 in Criminal Misc. Nos. 13468 of 2008 and 3031 of 2008 respectively and the case of the present petitioner is on the similar footing. Considering the facts aforesaid, the above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in Jandaha Police Station Case No. 157 of 2004 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur at Vaishali. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J. )