Deepak Pandit @ Deepak Kumar Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18246 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-126 Year-2020 Thana- RIVILGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== DEEPAK PANDIT @ DEEPAK KUMAR PANDIT son of Brahamdev Pandit Resident of Village- Jigna, P.S- Rivilganj Dist- saran at chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mrs.Rajani Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-02-2022 Due to the third wave of COVID-19 Pandemic, the matter is being taken up by way of Virtual Court proceeding. The matter has been listed under the heading 'For Orders' under the orders of Hon'ble the Chief Justice. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the Office, within a period of four weeks after restoration of normalcy.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 323, 379, 354(B), 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution allegation, in short, is that the accused persons including the petitioner caught daughter-in-law of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18246 of 2021(2) dt.10-02-2022 2/3 informant and dragged her. The accused persons also assaulted the informant and misbehaved with her.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to previous enmity between the parties. The alleged occurrence is said to have taken place on 12.04.2020 for which a case was instituted on 19.04.2020. The delay in lodging the case has not been explained by the prosecution. All the offences are triable by the Magistrate.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.

It is necessary to indicate here that this Court while considering the prayer made in the present anticipatory bail application has taken note of the exponential rise in number of covid cases due to outbreak of third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Further this Court can also not lose sight of the fact that the condition of jails is not conducive and suitable to the present situation which has arisen due to the sudden rise in covid cases.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18246 of 2021(2) dt.10-02-2022 3/3 petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on his personal bonds to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saran at Chapra in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 126/20, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Pankaj/- U T