Vikram Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14074 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-22 Year-2020 Thana- MAKHDUMPUR District- Jehanabad ====================================================== VIKRAM KUMAR VERMA Son of Dilip Kumar Verma Resident of Village - Bari Masjid, Main Road, Jehanabad, P.S.- Jehanabad in the dist.- of Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Atul Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 18-09-2020 The present petition has been taken up for consideration through the mode of Video Conferencing in view of the prevailing situation on account of COVID-19 Pandemic. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Atul Chandra, the learned A.P.P. for the State. This is an application for grant of anticipatory bail in connection with Makhdumpur (Tehta) PS case no. 22 of 2020 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 384, 385 of Indian Penal Code.

The case of the prosecution in brief is that a list was prepared regarding the beneficiary of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna in the Panchayat of the informant and the petitioner is alleged to have allotted the scheme wrongly to a person who

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14074 of 2020(3) dt.18-09-2020 2/3 was one rank below Sanju Devi. It is further alleged that when the informant had inquired from the petitioner about the said matter, the petitioner had threatened to kill him and implicate him in a false case.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, has been falsely implicated in the present case and is having a clean antecedent. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into account the materials available in the case diary, this Court finds that there is minuscule evidence qua the petitioner herein, hence prima facie, complicity of the petitioner in the alleged occurrence is doubtful. As such, I deem it fit and appropriate to admit the petitioner to the privilege of anticipatory bail.

Accordingly, the abovenamed petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Makhdumpur (Tehta) PS case no.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14074 of 2020(3) dt.18-09-2020 3/3 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U T