Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8530 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-471 Year-2023 Thana- DAUDNAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== MANISH KUMAR SON OF RAM PRAVESH PRASAD R/O-WARD NO. 16, SRI NAGAR (SHAHPUR), P.S.-SHAHPUR, DISTT.-AURANGABAD AND PRESENTLY POSTED AS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN SDO OFFICE, DAUDNAGAR, AURANGABAD, BIHAR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shantam Shivam, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Daudnagar P.S. Case No. 471 of 2023 dated 04.08.2023 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 168, 420 and 418 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the petitioner and the co-accused person, who are the I.T. Assistant and the Executive Assistant respectively in the SDO office, is of demanding bribe for issuing various certificates.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner was not agree to issue the certificate before the time or

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8530 of 2024(2) dt.06-03-2024 2/2 in any illegal manner due to that he has been implicated in this case. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Aurangabad in connection with Daudnagar P.S. Case No. 471 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with further condition/s:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T