Akash Kumar Thakur @ Golu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19618 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-81 Year-2020 Thana- GANGABRIDGE District- Vaishali ====================================================== AKASH KUMAR THAKUR @ GOLU SON OF AJIT KUMAR THAKUR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE- KARNPURA, P.S. GANGA BRIDGE, DISTRICT- VAISHALI ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Aditya Narayan Singh.1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-12-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

Petitioner seeks bail in connection with Ganga Bridge P.S. Case no. 81 of 2020 registered for the offence punishable under sections 392 and 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody since 11.10.2020, is person with clean antecedent and charge sheet has been submitted. Learned counsel for the petitioner Sri Ashok Kumar vehemently argues that the informant alleges that he was working as Branch Manger in Punjab National Bank, Sahdullahpur and on 21.9.2020 at 3.05 p.m., four miscreants wearing mask came in the bank and assaulted guard of the bank on his head with butt of the gun who sustained injury and Rs 19,35,550/- was looted. Learned counsel further submits that FIR was against

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19618 of 2021(3) dt.15-12-2021 2/2 unknown and during course of investigation at para 61 of the case diary it has come that part of looted money of Rs 25,000/- was recovered at the instance of the petitioner. Learned counsel submits that the said Rs 25,000/- belongs to the petitioner and it was not part of the looted money. It is further submitted that the police, in order to falsely implicate the petitioner during the course of investigation, has alleged that Rs 25,000/- was recovered at the instance of the petitioner.

Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts that petitioner is in jail custody and charge sheet has been submitted, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in Ganga Bridge P.S. Case no. 81 of 2020 with conditions that one of the bailers shall be his father and further if petitioner, when trial commences, does not appear on two consecutive dates, the learned court below shall proceed to cancel his bail bond. (Satyavrat Verma, J) s.hassan/- U T