IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.31168 of 2011 Shiv Shankar Singh Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 03/ 16.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Addl. Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 20.5.2011 in a case initially, registered under section 394 of the IPC but subsequently, sections 395 and 412 of the IPC were also added. It is alleged that one co-accused was arrested and he confessed his guilt leading to recovery of looted money from the house of the petitioner. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner has not been put on test identification parade and there is nothing in the entire case diary to show that seized money was looted money and apart from this, he also drew my attention towards annexure 3 to this petition and submits that, as a matter of fact, petitioner had entered into an agreement for sale of his land and had received Rs 3 lakh as earnest money of the aforesaid sale prior to the above stated recovery. He further submits that the above stated Rs 3 lakhs was recovered from the house of the petitioner and on the basis of the aforesaid fact, petitioner has been roped in this case. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, Shiv Shankar Singh, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Sub - 2 - divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas in Bikramganj P.S. Case no. 67/2011. shahid (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J)