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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./33972/2017bail granted

Vishal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2017-09-13Justice Smt. Nilu Agrawal3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33972 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -1 Year- 2017 Thana -CHAKAND District- GAYA ======================================================

1. Vishal Kumar Son of Jitan Yadav, Resident of Village- Kandi Nawada, P.S.- Chandauti, District- Gaya.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Sharma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Smt. Sahin Begam ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 13-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 16.04.2017 in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 01 of 2017 (G.R. No. 91 of 2017) for offences punishable under Section 392. of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, as lodged by the Manager of Bhagwati Filling Station is that while he was is the cash room, three miscreants came and on gun point took out Rs. Two lacs from the chest along with two mobiles and fled away. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent, not named in the First Information Report and bears no criminal history. He submits that no T.I.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33972 of 2017 (3) dt.13-09-2017 2/3 parade has been done so far. Nothing has been recovered from his conscious possession and it is on the basis of his confessional statement and confessional statement of co-accused Chandan Kumar before the police, which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law, he has been made accused and that co-accused Chandan Kumar has been granted the privilege of bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cri. Misc. No. 35040 of 2017 on 10.08.2017. He further submits that charge-sheet has already been submitted and there is no chance of tampering with the prosecution witnesses by the petitioner.

However, learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya, in connection with Chakand P.S. Case No. 01 of 2017 (G.R. No. 91 of 2017) subject to the following conditions:- (i) That one of the bailors shall be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) That the petitioner shall not indulge in any similar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33972 of 2017 (3) dt.13-09-2017 3/3 offence till conclusion of the trial.

(iii) That the petitioner shall remain physically present in court on each and every date during trial and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned Court concerned.

(iv) The petitioner shall cooperate with the investigation, if not already concluded, and make himself available as and when so required and in case of failure, the State shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) sushma/- U T