IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.32673 of 2009 Ravindra Mehta, Son of Sunesh Mehta, Resident of Village Harihar Urdana, P.S. Tandwa, Distt. Aurangabad. ----------- Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ---------- Opp. Party ----------- 3 15.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The omnibus allegation against the petitioner and others and that too in course of investigation of torching a police station and killing police personnel cold have made him entitled for grant of bail had he no criminal antecedent and/or he had surrendered in time. The petitioner was a wanted accused since 2004 and has surrendered only 4.2.2009 and in the report of the criminal antecedent, it is said that the petitioner has got two other criminal cases pending against him. This Court has also found from the computerized report relating to grant of bail of other co- accused that most of them even if they had surrendered much before the petitioner had to undergo custody at least for a period of one year before being granted bail by this Court. Taking into consideration all the 2 aforementioned circumstances and that the petitioner is in custody since 4.2.2009, the prayer for bail of the petitioner, namely, Ravindra Mehta is rejected for the present. However, he may renew his prayer for bail after completing one year of his judicial custody. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)