Ravi Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.31713 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -41 Year- 2015 Thana -BAKHRI District- BEGUSARAI ======================================================

1. Ravi Jha Son of Anil Jha@Anil kumar Jha Resident of Village- Shahpur, Police Station Mufassil, District Begusarai.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Nutan Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anuj Kr.Srivastav(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 04-11-2015 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned A.P.P.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case for the offences punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 109, 115, 308 and 120 (B) of the I.P.C Allegedly, the petitioner agreed to kill Amir Kumar Deo, Up Pramukh of Bakhari Prakhand, as per the agreement entered into between Manoj Tanti through Gulab Singh. Submission is that at the relevant time the petitioner was in custody in Barh jail and it is not believable that the petitioner will agree as contract killer as per dictate of co-accused Manoj Tanti and moreover Manoj Tanti and Gulab Singh have already been allowed bail and against the petitioner there is no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31713 of 2015 (3) dt.04-11-2015 2/2 tangible evidence and as such the petitioner also deserves sympathetic consideration, to which the learned A.P.P. fairly submits that the co-accused Gulab Singh and Manoj Tanti have already been allowed bail by another coordinate Bench of this Court vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 31886 of 2015 and 24680 of 2015. In the facts and circumstances as stated above, considering that the petitioner was in custody at the relevant time and two co-accused have already been allowed bail and as such the petitioner is also directed to be released on bail after framing of charge on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of C.J.M. Begusrai in Bakhri P.S. Case No.

41 of 2015, subject to the conditions that one of the bailors must be a near relative and another having sufficient immovable property within the territorial jurisdiction of the court concerned and the petitioner shall remain present on each and every date during trial and the default on two consecutive dates on his part without any reason shall disentitle the petitioner from privilege of bail.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J) Abhay/- U T