IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Cr.Misc. No.8376 of 2010 HORIL CHOUDHARY, son of Mihilal Choudhary, resident of village- Mirzapur, P.S. Barahat, District- Banka… Petitioner. Versus STATE OF BIHAR ----------- 3. 04.08.2010 Heard counsel for the parties. The prayer for bail of the petitioner was earlier rejected by an order dated 29.10.2009 in Cr. Misc. No. 35998 of 2009 recording three circumstances mainly because his being absconded despite being named accused in the first information report and the petitioner having criminal antecedent. The petitioner has now remained in custody almost for a period of one year and his criminal antecedent would go to show that he has been made accused in four criminal cases, three of them under Section 307 I.P.C. and the other under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code. Counsel for the petitioner would submit that the case has not yet been committed to the court of sessions and therefore there would be no chance of an early trial. In the fact and circumstances, the petitioner has remained in custody for a period of almost one year 2 and he had been enlarged on bail in the remaining four cases, this Court would direct for release of the petitioner, namely, Horil Choudhary on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka in connection with Banka (Barahat) P. S. Case No. 350/07 (G.R. No.1671/07), subject to the following conditions; (i) the two bail bonds will be furnished one by government servant and the other by a close family relative. (ii) the petitioner will remain present in course of trial on each and every date and his absence even for a single day would automatically entail the consequences of cancellation of his bail. (iii) the petitioner in case now made accused in any other criminal case, that would itself lead to cancellation of his bail. Subject to the aforementioned conditions, the prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)