Patna High CourtCR. MISC./39580/2017bail granted

Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh @ Himanshu Shekhar v. The State Of Bihar

2017-08-19Mr. Justice Rakesh Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.39580 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -175 Year- 2017 Thana -BARHARA District- BHOJPUR ====================================================== Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh @ Himanshu Shekhar, son of Kesho Prasad Singh @ Kesho Singh, resident of village- Bajitpur, P.S. Dokati in the district of Balia, Uttar Pradesh .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bimal Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 19-08-2017 Heard Sri Bimal Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The sole petitioner, who is in custody since 18.06.2017 on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused in Barahara ( Krishnagarh ) P.S. Case No.175/2017 registered for the offence under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 30(a)/56(d) of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016, has prayed for grant of bail.

By way of referring to the statement made in paragraph-3 of the petition, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is having clean antecedent and without any rhyme and reason and on the basis of so called confessional statement of co-accused, the petitioner has been made accused and he is in jail since long

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39580 of 2017 (2) dt.19-08-2017 2/2 Considering the nature of accusation, clean antecedent, period of custody as well as the fact that the petitioner's name has come only on the basis of confession, let the petitioner, namely, Manoj Singh @ Manoj Kumar Singh @ Himanshu Shekhar 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 4th Addl. Sessions Judge, Ara, Bhojpur in connection with Barahara ( Krishnagarh) P.S. Case No.175/2017.

(Rakesh Kumar, J) NKS/- U T