IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr. Misc. No.25939 of 2011 Bishun Sahni son of Late Tufani Sahni Versus The State Of Bihar ----------- 4/ 18.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offence under sections 396 of the Indian Penal Code and section 17 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. The petitioner is not named in the First Information Report and subsequently he was named by the FIR witness as the person, who was moving around in the vicinity the occurrence took place. He, therefore, suspected the complicity of the petitioner, who is the brother-in-law of the FIR named accused and has criminal antecedents. In view of the material transpiring against the petitioner and the fact that even though the case is of the year 2002, he has surrendered only recently, I am not inclined to grant bail to petitioner at this stage. Prayer for bail is rejected. However, he may renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge provided his case is not bifurcated for the purpose of commitment or charge. JA/- (Anjana Prakash,J.)