IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.17079 of 2009 PREM KUMAR YADAV @ RAJIV RANJAN @ LAKKI S/O BEDI YADAV AT ASHOK RAJ PATH, HARIJAN HOSTEL, NEAR JADDU GOPE, WINE SHOP, PS SULTANGANJ, DISTT-PATNA-----PETITIONER Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR-----------OPPOSITE PARTY ----------- 5 28.7.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner has been in custody since 25.9.2007 for an offence under section 394 of the Indian Penal Code in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 129 of 2007. Submission of learned counsel is that taking into consideration the period the petitioner spent in custody coupled with the fact that the trial has not proceeded beyond the examination of two witnesses, the prayer of bail should be considered afresh. He submits that the petitioner is a man of means and will not abscond from rest of the trial, if enlarged on bail. Earlier prayer for bail was rejected on 26.9.2008. Taking into consideration the trial has not yet completed despite direction issued by this Court as well as the period the petitioner spent in custody, let the petitioner, namely, Prem Kumar Yadav @ Rajiv Ranjan @ Lakki be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 15,000/- (Rs. Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Ali Ahmad, Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Patna City in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 129 of 2007. One of the sureties to be executed by the father of the petitioner, namely, Bedi Yadav on due identification by the court below and other by a close family - 2 - member who too shall be identified by proper records. Petitioner is directed to cooperate in the rest of the trial by appearing himself or through his counsel on each and every date fixed by the trial court. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)