Srikant Sao v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.31884 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -75 Year- 2017 Thana -HISUA District- NAWADA ====================================================== Srikant Sao, son of late. Chandrika Sao, R/o village-Bhadaul, Police Station-Hilsa, District-Nalanda .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Sanjay Kumar Pandey,A.P.P ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 11-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner, in the present case, is seeking regular bail in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No.75 of 2017, registered for offences alleged under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R, however, he has been involved in the present case on his own confessional statement as well as confessional statement of the co-accused. It is further submitted that no incriminating material or looted article has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and till date no T.I Parade could be conducted to connect him with the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is in custody in connection with this case from 31.07.2017. He is on bail in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31884 of 2018 (2) dt.11-06-2018 2/3 connection with Islampur P.S. Case No.271/2015 and Nagar (Nawada) P.S. Case No.412 of 2017. So far as the other cases mentioned in Paragraph-3 are concerned, in those cases petitioner is said to have been taken on remand after his arrest in connection with the present case. The thrust of the submission is that without there being any material connecting him with the present case he has been falsely implicated in the present case merely on the ground of suspicion.

Learned APP for the State is present and has opposed the prayer for bail.

The co-accused Raj Babbar @ Gabra has been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate bench of this Court in Cr.Misc.No.54619 of 2017.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case particularly that the petitioner is in custody in connection with this case with effect from 31.07.2017 and that till date no T.I Parade has been conducted and no incriminating material has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M, Nawada, in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No.75 of 2017, subject to the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.31884 of 2018 (2) dt.11-06-2018 3/3 conditions U/S 437(3) Cr.P.C.

(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) Arvind/- U T