Niranjan Singh @ Niranjan Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.43702 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -17 Year- 2017 Thana -PAKRIDAYAL DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Niranjan Singh @ Niranjan Kumar Singh, Son of Vaidhnath Singh, Resident of Village- Iraj Nurullahpur, P.S.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-09-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Pakaridayal Police Station Case No. 17 of 2017 registered for offences punishable under sections 387 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner transpired in confessional statement of co-accused, Mritunjay Thakur, who has been allowed bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 33963 of 2017 on 20.07.2017. Further submission is that except confessional

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.43702 of 2017 (2) dt.20-09-2017 2/2 statement, there is nothing against the petitioner and he is in custody since 09.05.2017.

Considering the fact that the case of the petitioner is similar to the case of co-accused who has been allowed bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 33963 of 2017 on 20.07.2017, let the petitioner above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Pakaridayal Police Station Case No. 17 of 2017, subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned Court.

(ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reasons, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail.

(Sanjay Kumar, J) Mahesh/- U T