IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.19938 of 2011 Nand Lal Shrivastava @ Nand Kumar Shrivastava Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- with Criminal Miscellaneous No.19336 of 2011 Ashok Kumar @ Ashok Kumar Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- with Criminal Miscellaneous No.20386 of 2011 Vinod Kumar Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 05. 21.09.2011 All the three petitioners arising out of one case are being heard together and disposed of by this composite order. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State who is armed with carbon copy of the case diary up to paragraph 73 dated 17.07.2011. The three petitioners apprehending their arrest in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 32/2011 for the offences under Sections 387/307/353/333/114/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 and 4 of the Explosive Substance Act, Section 17 of C.L.A. Act and Section 10/13 of the Illegal Activity Act. All the three petitioners are named accused in this case instituted on 19.03.2011 for the offences taking place in the night of 26.02.2011, with allegation that they were present at the scene and petitioners Ashok Kumar @ Ashok Kumar Singh and Vinod Kumar Singh being T.V. Correspondents were not only covered and also indulged in conversation on the mobile with the extremists who had caused explosion causing burning of JBC Machine, Roller of the contractor etc. and also implanted land mines to cause harm to the police, if arrived, and petitioner Nand Lal Shrivastava, being an employee of Block was also present there. Submission is that there is, in fact, no explanation for the huge delay caused in lodging the case. Moreover, the T.V. Correspondents (two petitioners) were covering the happenings, and even if, present on same place, and in their conversation something has come, which normally, ought not to have been from mouth of the Media, but it may be said at best averted in ignorance. None of the petitioners has any criminal antecedents, even during investigation till today nothing come out to show ownership of the mobile phones said to have been used in conversation during occurrence. Investigation is still going on. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks, till conclusion of investigation/submission of charge-sheet, let the above-named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of sum of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand only) each each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhabua, in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 32/2011, subject to condition under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and additional condition to remain physically present before the court below till submission of charge-sheet and on the dates fixed and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates, without any reasonable explanation, the privilege granted shall be deemed to be cancelled. Rajeev/- ( Akhilesh Chandra, J.)