IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.46527 of 2008 UMESH PANDIT Versus STATE OF BIHAR For the petitioner :Mr.Indu Bhushan, Advocate For the State :Mr.Upendra Prasad,APP ----------- 2. 12.12.2008 Heard The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted under sections 147,148,149,436,380 and 427 IPC and section 4 of the Public Property Damage Act including section ¾ of the Explosive Substance Act. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the FIR was lodged against unknown. The complicity of the petitioner surfaced in the confessional statement of the co-accused Arvind Das which was made and recorded on 10.6.2008. Referring to the said confessional statement (Annexure-2), it has been submitted that the aforesaid co- accused named two persons to have participated in a meeting which was held prior to the incident. It appears that the said Arvind Das named this petitioner and others including one Pappu Paswan. Attention of the Court was drawn to the order annexed as Annexure-3, by which the aforesaid Arvind Das and co-accused Pappu Paswan have been released on bail by this Court under order dated 20.10.2008. It has further been submitted that there is no criminal antecedent of the petitioner. - 2 - Regard being had to the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to admit the petitioner on bail. Let the petitioner, Umesh Pandit, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of CJM, Munger in Haveli Kharagpur p.s.case no.93/2008, subject to the condition that one of the bailors should be his own family member. HR ( Kishore K. Mandal )