Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4627 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2020 Thana- SIWAIPATTI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== SANTOSH KUMAR S/O BRAHMDEV PANDIT R/o village- Paigambarpur, P.S.- Siwaipatti, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravi Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 15-06-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioner apprehending his arrest in connection with Siwaipatti P.S. Case no. 62 of 2020 instituted for the offence under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case as per FIR is that the petitioner along with other accused persons used to pass comments on the daughter of the informant and they might have killed the daughter of the informant.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and only on suspicion, the petitioner has been implicated in this case. Moreover, for the occurrence of 6.6.2020, the FIR was lodged on 7.6.2020. The postmortem report reflects the cause of death

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4627 of 2022(2) dt.15-06-2022 2/2 as asphyxia caused by strangulation, anti-mortem in nature. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petitioner that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Similarly situated coaccused has already been granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 13.1.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 7142 of 2021.

Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer of Bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Siwaipatti P.S. Case no. 62 of 2020, he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, East, Muzaffarpur subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) sushma/- U