Ritesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.30821 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -548 Year- 2013 Thana -KRITYANAND NAGAR District- PURNIA ====================================================== Ritesh Kumar, Son of Ram Bilash Mehta, Resident of village- Tintakiya, P.S.- K. Nagar (Champanagar) District- Purnea .... .... Petitioner

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. S.N.Shukla, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 22-01-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel representing the State.

The petitioner, apprehending his arrest in connection with K. Nagar (Champanagar) P.S. Case No. 548 of 2013 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code, seeks the privilege of pre-arrest bail. From perusal of impugned order, it reveals that in course of investigation one Kumod Kumar Mehta disclosed the complicity of this petitioner as to how he has taken wine with other co-accused and this petitioner was also seen with arms adjacent to the place of occurrence and also proceeded towards the place of occurrence and further during course of investigation coaccused Maya Nand Rishi also confessed his guilt and stated the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30821 of 2014 (2) dt.22-01-2015 name of the petitioner regarding his guilt and as such, in that view of the matter, this Court is also not inclined to grant the privilege of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner and, accordingly, such prayer stands rejected.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J.) Vats/- U T