IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.4847 of 2009 PRADIP MANDAL Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 03/ 11.09.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is in custody in a Police case under Section 384 and other provisions of the Penal Code. The submission is that he is in custody since 24.5.2008. Investigation has been concluded and keeping him in custody shall serve no purpose. He is one of the 11 named accused accompanied by 3 to 4 unknown. The allegations are specific of his having made a demand of Rs.50,000/- from the Road Construction Company and also stoned the car of the company. He is stated to have antecedent of one more case with similar allegations by the same company registered as Kahalgaon P.S. Case No.171 of 2008 under Section 384 and other provisions of the Penal Code in which he has charge sheeted also. He stated to have enlarged on bail in the same in Cr. Misc. No. 52579 of 2008 on 17.2.2009. The report called for from the court below dated 14.7.2009 states that four other accused have been enlarged on bail by the court below of the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri D.K. Jaiswal, Judicial - 2 - Magistrate, Ist Class, Bhagalpur in Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 209 of 2008. Both the sureties must be his mother and brother Dilip Kumar Mandal, deponent to the bail application. Their photograph and proof of residence shall be appended to the bail bonds which shall be verified by the court below before enlarging the petitioner on bail. The petitioner shall be required to be properly represented on each date in the trial including his personal appearance on the date that the court below directs. In the event of his defaulting under either head, the court below shall be at liberty to deal with him appropriately in accordance with law, quite apart from its liberty to proceed against the sureties also if necessary. DKS/ (Navin Sinha, J.)