Purtal Singh @ Pratap Singh @ Paratap Singha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9174 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-248 Year-2019 Thana- KOCHADHAMAN District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Purtal Singh @ Pratap Singh @ Paratap Singha Son Of Sadaannda Singha R/O Village- Paur, P.S.- Chakulia, District- Uttar Dinajpur W.B. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rajeev Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 02-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Kochadhaman P.S. Case No.248 of 2019, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code. The allegation against the petitioner is that he has assisted in committing murder of the deceased. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition. It is further submitted that similarly situated other co-accused persons have already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by this Court as well as by another co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9174 of 2022(2) dt.02-08-2022 2/2 06.07.2000, passed in Cr. Misc. No.32985 of 2021 and order dated 02.08.2021, passed in Cr. Misc. No.38180 of 2020. The learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Taking into consideration the fact that similarly situated other co-accused persons have already been enlarged on anticipatory bail by this Court as well as by another co-ordinate Bench of this Court, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj in connection with Kochadhaman P.S. Case No.248 of 2019, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Sanjay/- U T