IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.22308 of 2011 Girja Shankar Jha @ Bachu Jha, S/O-Late Rajendra Jha Versus The State Of Bihar ---------------------------------- 03 03.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner is in jail custody since 09.12.2009 in a case registered under Sections 420, 406/34 of the Indian Penal Code on the charges that he obtained post sim card and fake I.S.D. connection and by using the I.S.D. connection, he caused damage to the concerned department to the tune of Rs. 17, 23, 817/-. The contention of learned counsel for the petitioner is that, as a matter of fact, petitioner had applied for bank loan and since the petitioner is an illiterate person, the bank manager took the thumb impression and signature of the petitioner on several papers and subsequently, the aforesaid papers were used by the above stated bank manager and other accused in obtaining sim card and I.S.D. connection in the name of the petitioner. It is also contended by him that several co-accused persons have already been granted privilege of bail by different Benches of this Court. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as period of detention of the petitioner in jail custody, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 387 of 2009. SHAHZAD ( Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J.)