IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.24344 of 2009 SULTAN AHMAD @ SULTAN ALAM Versus STATE OF BIHAR ---------------- 2. 13.01.2010 Heard. The case is under Section 489(A), 489(B), 489(C) and 489(D) of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that on secret information when a raid was conducted by police, four fake currency notes of Rs. 500.00 denomination was recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is stated that the petitioner confessed before the police that he was engaged in illegal business of fake currency. On these allegations the bail prayer of the petitioner was earlier rejected trice under Cr. Miscellaneous Nos. 11150 of 2004, 8557 of 2006 and 6772 of 2007 but when the bail prayer was rejected lastly on 13.2.2007 the petitioner was given liberty to renew his prayer for bail after one year from the date of communication of the order to the court below. The petitioner has filed supplementary affidavit dated 11.1.2010 wherein it is stated that the order dated 13.2.2007 of this court was communicated to the court below on 28.2.2007. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits - 2 - that the period exceeding one year and further two years has already elapsed after communication of the aforesaid order dated 13.2.2007 to the court below. It is also submitted that the petitioner has remained in custody for a total period of six years and six months. Further submission is that out of several witnesses in the charge sheet only two have been examined by the trial court and there is no likelihood of the conclusion of the trial in near further. Mr. S. R. Haque, the learned A.P.P. does not point out any other material against the appellant. In the fact and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, namely, sultan Ahmad @ Sultan Alam is admitted to bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10, 000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Additional sessions judge-I Patna in connection with Pirbahore P.S. Case No. 195 of 2003 in Sessions Trial No. 219 of 2004. (C.M. Prasad, J.) Ravi/-