IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.29534 of 2011 Sri Niwash Pandey Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 4 08-12-2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 22-05-2011 in a case registered under Sections 25(i-B)A , 26 & 35 of the Arms Act and later on, charge sheet was submitted under Section-336 of the Indian Penal Code and the above-said sections of the Arms Act. It would appear from perusal of the first information report that one double barrel country made rifle and one Katta alongwith eight live cartridges were recovered from conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that having more or less similar allegation, one co-accused, namely, Bhutali Sah has already been granted privilege of bail by another bench of this court vide order dated 30-11-2011 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 40065 of 2011. It is also pointed out by him that in the year, 2001, one case under Section-307 of the Indian Penal Code had been registered against the petitioner and except the aforesaid case as well as the present case; there is no other criminal antecedent of the petitioner. Considering the facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, the petitioner, namely, Sri Niwash - 2 - Pandey is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Surajpura P. S. Case No. 26 of 2011 to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, District-Rohtas. AKV/- (Hemant Kumar Srivastava,J.)