Pintu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13008 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2020 Thana- MAGADH MEDICAL COLLEGE District- Gaya ====================================================== PINTU KUMAR Son of Ramakant Paswan Resident of Village- Jarhara, P.S.- Bodh Gaya, District- Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Binod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Parmeshwar Mehta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 02-06-2020 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Magadh Medical PS case no. 10 of 2020 instituted for the offences punishable under Section 420/34 of Indian Penal Code. The case of the prosecution in brief is that the informant (SHO of Magadh Medical PS) received a confidential information that the petitioner is engaging in illicit operation of duping various students of a huge sum of Rs. 3 lacs each on the pretext and promise of getting them employed in the Bihar Police Service, whereupon the informant had constituted a raiding team and raided the house of father-in-law of the petitioner namely Dilip Paswan, from where the illicit operation
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13008 of 2020(3) dt.02-06-2020 2/3 was being performed by the petitioner and other co-accused persons and several original mark-sheet of Matric and Intermediate of various candidates along with other incriminating documents were seized.
The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, is having a clean antecedent and is languishing in custody since 13.01.2020. It is further submitted that there is no material on record to show the complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime, particularly with regard to him having taken money and duping innocent candidates with the promise of getting them employed in the Bihar Police Service, as such, it is submitted that the present case is a fit for grant of regular bail.
Per contra, the learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into account the fact that the petitioner is having a clean antecedent and is languishing in custody since a long time, I deem it fit and proper to direct for release of the petitioner on regular bail upon him furnishing personal bond to the satisfaction of learned 9th A.C.J.M. Gaya in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13008 of 2020(3) dt.02-06-2020 3/3 connection with Magadh Medical PS case no. 10 of 2020. It is further directed that once the lock-down is over and normal situation is restored, the petitioner, above named, shall furnish bail bonds of a sum of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, within a period of four weeks, to the satisfaction of learned 9th A.C.J.M. Gaya in connection with Magadh Medical PS case no. 10 of 2020, failing which the present privilege of bail being extended to the petitioner shall stand revoked automatically.
(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U T