Vira Chaudhary @ Virbhadra Raut @ Bir Bahadur Rawat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.27174 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-272 Year-2017 Thana- MAJHAHGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== VIRA CHAUDHARY @ VIRBHADRA RAUT @ BIR BAHADUR RAWAT Son of Late Basdeo Chaudhary resident of village - Bhaisahi, P.S. Manjhagarh, Dist. Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Akhilesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Gauri Shankar Gupta ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 10-05-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 30.11.2017 in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 272 of 2017 for offences punishable under Section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, but later on Sections 328, 396, 412, 413, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code has also been added.

The prosecution case, as lodged by the informant, is that while his truck carrying mustard oil was on the way, the driver, cleaner and the truck along with alleged mustard oil vanished.

It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent, is the owner of a grocery shop and

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.27174 of 2018(2) dt.10-05-2018 2/2 some persons had come to sell the mustard oil which he had bought and he did not know that it was a theft article. He submits that he bears no criminal history except two cases which relate to family dispute and charge-sheet has already been submitted.

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, Gopalganj, in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 272 of 2017.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) Rajesh/- U T