IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8716 of 2010 KEDAR MAHTO, Son of Late Tola Mahto, resident of Village- Mahabat, P.S. Ariari (Kasar), District-Sheikhpura.....................................Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR.....................................................Opposite Party. ----------- 3. 20.05.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and counsel appearing for the State. The petitioner is languishing in jail in connection with a police case registered under Sections 364(A)/302/201 of the I.P.C. The F.I.R. has been registered against unknown with allegation that in spite of receiving part payment of ransom money the victim was not released and subsequently killed. The name of petitioner sprang up on solitary circumstantial evidence that Mobile of the victim was recovered from the house of the petitioner. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that his son Bachchu Mahto is a veteran criminal and the said Mobile was given to him when he went to meet his son in jail and apart from that there is nothing against the petitioner in the case diary which has been admitted by the learned counsel for the informant as well as the 2 State. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he has absolutely clean antecedent and is languishing in jail since 23.08.2009. Learned counsel for the informant has submitted that in confessional statement the petitioner has admitted that he received the alleged Mobile in jail from his son and apart from that there is no other material against the petitioner. Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case on the basis of the aforesaid submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner for the purpose of bail only, let the petitioner, Kedar Mahto, 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 the learned C.J.M., Nawada, in connection with Nawada(Town) P.S. Case No. 302 of 2009 on verification of the criminal antecedent of the petitioner. If the learned C.J.M., Nawada, will verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if any case against the petitioner is found then the petitioner’s 3 bail bond will not be accepted. However, it is expected that the offence as alleged is very heinous and the charge sheet has been submitted the trial court will expedite the trial and try to dispose off the trial within one year. The petitioner will appear on each and every date in the trial and if he fails to appear on three consecutive dates then the trial court will be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner. U.K. (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J)