Ranjit Pandit @ Indrejeet Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7795 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-462 Year-2014 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== RANJIT PANDIT @ INDREJEET PANDIT Son of Ramdas Pandit R/vThathan Bujurg, P.S.- Hajipur Sadar District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Md. Soban Asghar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 19-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 447, 452, 435, 120(B), 384, 379, 436 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 17 of the C.L.A. Act, Section 13 of the D.A.P. Act and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

As per prosecution case, 25-30 unknown miscreants came with deadly weapons and demolished the informant's Chimni chanchal bricks at Phulhara chowk. It is further alleged that the miscreants snatched mobile from the Munshi and fled away.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7795 of 2023(3) dt.19-06-2023 2/2 committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the FIR and the same has been lodged against unknown persons. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and there is no evidence against the petitioner except confessional statement of the co-accused Phul Kumari Devi, which has got no evidentiary value in the eyes of law. He further submitted that the co-accused Phul Kumari Devi has already been granted bail. He is languishing in judicial custody since 18.11.2022. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-XIth, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Hajipur Sadar P.S. Case No. 462 of 2014. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) arish/- U T