IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.14946 of 2009 BHIKHARI SAHNI @ BHIKHAR SAHNI Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 2 29.4.2009 Heard learned Counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is in custody since 2.11.1999 under Sections 353,307/34 of the Indian Penal Code and 25 (1-B)1/26/27/35 of the Arms Act. His prayer for bail has been rejected twice earlier noticing his antecedent of at least of 20 cases, majority of them under Section 364A of the Penal Code. Prayer of bail is renewed on the ground of the period of custody. Counsel for the State opposing the application for bail submits that suitable direction may be given for concluding the trial. Considering the nature of the allegations, the antecedents and the period of custody, let the petitioner abovenamed be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 50,000/-(fifty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C. II, Bettiah, West Champaran, in Sessions Trial No. 286 of 2005 arising out of Gaunaha 2 P.S. case no. 13 of 1999. Both the sureties must be his mother and the brother of the petitioner who is the deponent of the affidavit to the bail application. Their photographs and proof of residence must be appended to the bail bonds inclusive of the parentage of his brother based on documentary evidence. The petitioner is required to be physically present on each date fixed in the trial. He is further required to report on every Monday at 11 A.M. before the Officer Incharge, Gaunaha P.S.till the conclusion of the trial. In the event of his absence before the trial Court on any particular date or failure to report before the Officer Incharge the prosecution shall be at liberty to move before the Court below for cancellation of his bail which shall be considered appropriately in accordance with law without being prejudiced by the present order. (Navin Sinha,J.)