IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.11342 of 2009 RAJ KUMAR JHA, SON OF HARE KRISHNA JHA, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-TARAUNI, P.S. BAHERA, DISTRICT-DARBHANGA. ………………………………………………………………PETITIONER. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR……………………………OPPOSITE PARTY. ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, Advocate. For the State : Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P. ----------- 2. 13.5.2009. The petitioner, Raj Kumar Jha, is in custody in connection with Bahera P.S. Case No.228 of 1996 wherein charges have been framed under Sections 147, 341, 323 I.P.C. The petitioner appears to have absconded from court after the explanation on accusation on 9.2.1999 and surrendered in court only on 30.12.2008, i.e. almost after 8 years. The petitioner has been in custody for about four months and has been sufficiently punished. In the facts and the circumstances of the case, the petitioner, Raj Kumar Jha, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Benipur(Darbhanga) in connection with Bahera P.S. Case No.228 of 1996. It is made clear that the petitioner shall be physically present in court on all the dates fixed and if he is found absent on any of the dates fixed, his bail bond shall automatically be cancelled. P.S. (Abhijit Sinha,J)