Sameer Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13894 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-102 Year-2023 Thana- SAHJAHANPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Sameer Kumar S/o Ganauri Pandit R/o Village - Gauri puda, P.S. - Fatwah, Dist. - Patna 803201 (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pintu Kumar Patel, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tapeshwar Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 12-03-2024 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Shahjahanpur P.S. Case No. 102 of 2023 for the offence under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 of the I.P.C. lodged on 08.07.2023 by the informant, Braj Bhushan Kumar.
3. As per the prosecution story, the allegation is that the petitioner who was a contractual employee with the Electricity Department got 142 new electric connection done but on verification, it was found that in some cases, the documents were not proper/authenticated. Accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his role was only limited to the change of the meter and had no role to play in the verification of the documents. Further, he has already lost his job and do not have criminal antecedent.
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5. Learned APP opposes the prayer stating that electric connection was given without a valid document.
6. Taking into account the submissions put forward by the parties, the petitioner do not have criminal antecedent, FIR lodged and will be facing the trial, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-1st, Patna City, in connection with Shahjahanpur P.S. Case No. 102 of 2023 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (i) one of the bailor should be the family member of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences,
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(iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) kiran/- U T