Saket Kumar @ Anurag @ Naga v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8601 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-663 Year-2021 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Saket Kumar @ Anurag @ Naga Son of Raj Narayan singh Resident of Village - Adalpur, Police Station - Hazipur, District - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr. Raj Ballabh Singh, A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 18-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

Let the defect (s), as pointed out by the office, be removed within a period of four weeks from today. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation is of snatching of motorcycle, 1,27,000/- cash, one tab, bio metric device from the informant on the point of pistol by two miscreants.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. No incriminating articles have been recovered from the possession

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8601 of 2022(5) dt.18-08-2022 2/2 of the petitioner. Till date, no Test Identification Parade (T.I.P) has been made yet. The petitioner is in custody since 01.10.2021, charge-sheet has been submitted in the case and has antecedent of four cases.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the petitioner is a habitual offender and he has criminal antecedent of four cases. By referring to paragraph 21 of the case diary, he further submits that on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused persons, looted articles were recovered from the house of the petitioner and from the house of co-accused Jyotish Thakur. He also submits that during the course of the investigation, material evidence has come that he has played an active role in the alleged occurrence. Considering the facts and circumstances as well as the criminal antecedent, I am not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner at this stage. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is hereby rejected.

(Khatim Reza, J) Gaurav Kumar/- U T