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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./7234/2023bail granted

Santosh Yadav @ Santosh Rai @ Santosh Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

2023-04-17Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7234 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1007 Year-2021 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== SANTOSH YADAV @ SANTOSH RAI @ SANTOSH KUMAR YADAV Son of Late Mahesh Rai Resident of Village- Parsauna, P.S.- Turkauliya, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Madhuri Lata, Addl Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 327, 384, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner along with other co-accused persons is said to have demanded ransom and threatened to commit the murder of the informant.

Learned counsel the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case because of land dispute with the informant.There is general and omnibus allegations levelled against the petitioner. Similarly situated co-accused Ramlaxman Rai has already been allowed bail by a co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order passed in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7234 of 2023(2) dt.17-04-2023 2/2 Cr.Misc.No. 36285/2022.

Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that there is land dispute between the parties, let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in Turkauliya Police Station Case No. 1007 of 2021, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashi/- U T