Chandan Kumar Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11149 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2021 Thana- MANIYARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== CHANDAN KUMAR SHARMA S/O LATE SURENDRA SHARMA R/vKaili Tanr, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 22-03-2023 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner has renewed his prayer for grant of regular bail in a case registered under sections 376, 354B and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and section 67 of the I.T. Act. As per the prosecution case, it is stated by the informant that the informant was having an affair with the petitioner when the petitioner forcibly established physical relations with her. She further states that he made some objectionable video recordings in his mobile phone and started to threaten her that he would make the same viral on the social media. The informant further states that even after her marriage, the petitioner continued to threaten her about making the photographs viral and also sent some of them to her husband and father-in-law.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11149 of 2023(2) dt.22-03-2023 2/2 the earlier prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected vide order dated 22.12.2022 (Annexure-1) passed in Cr. Misc. no. 11980 of 2022 giving liberty to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. Referring to the order dated 13.1.2023 of the learned trial Court, it is submitted that charge has been framed against the petitioner. The petitioner is in custody since 13.9.2021 and undertakes to cooperate in the trial.

Heard learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegation, liberty granted to the petitioner by the aforesaid order of rejection dated 22.12.2022, charge having been framed in the case together with the petitioner having remained in custody for 1 year 6 months since 13.9.2021, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Sessions Trial no. 271 of 2022 (arising out of Maniyari P.S. Case no. 297 of 2021) on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-Ist, Muzaffarpur.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T