IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24290 of 2009 PRADEEP RAJBANSHI @ TENIYA son of late Devaki Rajbanshi resident of village- Kataiya, P. S.- Roh, District- Nawada…. Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR . ----------- 4. 11.11.2009. Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. This court having found that co-accused Rajesh Yadav @ Shiv Shankar Yadav almost in the similar circumstance for an offence under Sections 341, 323, 324, 364/34 and 302 I.P.C. in which life of two persons was brutally taken way by an unlawful assembly of 6 to 7 miscreants has been granted bail by another Bench of this Court , would also grant bail to the petitioner as his case stands on similar footing inasmuch as Rajesh Yadav @ Shiv Shankar Yadav was also taken in custody for a period over one and a half years whereas the petitioner has remained in custody for a period over two years. It is to be noted that Rajesh Yadav @ Shiv Shankar Yadav had a criminal antecedent and he was remanded to the present case from one of such case. That being so, the court below will verify the criminal 2 antecedent of Rajesh Yadav @ Shiv Shankar Yadav as also that of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner has also identical number of criminal cases pending against him as against Rajesh Yadav @ Shiv Shankar Yadav, the petitioner namely Pradeep Rajbanshi @ Teniya shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of A.D.J., F.T.C.II, Nawada in connection with Roh P. S. Case No. 18/2003, S. Tr. No. 350 of 2007/263 of 2009, one of the sureties must be furnished by a close family relation of the petitioner, either of his parents or his wife. It goes without saying that upon being released on bail, the petitioner shall remain present in course of trial on day to day basis and his absence for two consecutive dates shall make him liable for cancellation of his bail. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)