Bhulendra Kumar @ Santosh Patel v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10503 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-360 Year-2018 Thana- WARISLIGANJ District- Nawada ====================================================== 1.

Bhulendra Kumar @ Santosh Patel S/O Shesh Kumar Prasad @ Madhu Mahto R/o village- Chakwai, P.S.- Warisaliganj, Distt.- Nawada 2.

Sittu Kumar @ Yas Raj Patel S/o Ganesh Prasad R/o village- Chakwai, P.S.- Warisaliganj, Distt.- Nawada ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sudish Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-08-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 420/471/349 and other allied sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Petitioners are alleged to have cheated public by making advertisement to give them costly vehicle, cash etc. as prize and on showing them lucky winner, accused persons charged them sales tax, registration tax, GST etc. and thus collected huge amount.

Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioners are not named in the FIR.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10503 of 2022(2) dt.08-08-2022 2/2 They have been named in the FIR on the confessional statement of co-accused. No witness has supported the allegation made against the petitioners. name has figured during course of investigation. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he is no way connected with the aforesaid recovery. Petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. Several similarly situated co-accused have already been allowed bail by co-ordinate benches of this Court vide paragraphs 12 and 13 of the petition.

Considering the nature of allegation against the petitioners, in the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioners, named above, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in Warisaliganj Police Station Case No. 360 of 2018, subject to the conditions laid down under sections 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T