Din Bandhu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16022 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-341 Year-2022 Thana- SANGRAMPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Din Bandhu Singh Son Of Awadh Bihari Singh Resident Of Village - Khairi Jagir, P.S.- Pipra, District - East Champaran At Motihari. ... ... Petitioner/S

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Radha Mohan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pushpa Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 23-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per FIR, it is a case of theft of pickup van bearing Reg. No. BR05-GA-7324 and other articles from the informant.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and merely on the basis of suspicion, he has falsely been implicated in this case. It is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16022 of 2023(3) dt.23-06-2023 2/2 further submitted that the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 14.10.2022.

Learned APP appearing for the state has opposed the prayer of regular bail and submitted that there is direct allegation of theft of pickup van and other articles against the petitioner. As per para-15 of the case diary the stolen pickup van, one pistol and one live cartridge were recovered from the possession of the petitioner.

Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that there is direct allegation against the petitioner of committing theft of pickup van and other articles, this court is not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail and, as such, his prayer for bail stands rejected.

The trial Court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same as soon as possible.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) manishkumar/- U T