Ranveer Singh @ Raja Singh @ Rana Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 17763 of 2020 Ranveer Singh @ Raja Singh @ Rana Singh son of Vinay Kumar Singh resident of village Shekhpur, P.S. Ahiyapur, District Muzaffarpur .......Petitioner

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The State of Bihar .........Opposite Party ======================================================== Appearance For the Petitioner : Mr. Ravi Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Binod Kumar , APP CORAM : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY Oral Order 20.8. 2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through video conferencing.

The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioner apprehending his arrest in connection with Sahebpur Kamal P.S Case no. 280 of 2018 registered under sections 399, 402 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1-B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act. As per allegation in the FIR, on receiving information that some accused persons were making preparation to give effect to an occurrence,

it is stated that a raid was conducted and four out of the five accused persons were apprehended while one person managed to escape. Incriminating articles were recovered from the apprehended accused persons. It is further stated that the accused persons who were apprehended disclosed that the person who had managed to escape was the petitioner herein.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that except for the name of the petitioner transpiring on the confessional statement of a coaccused made before police there is no other material against him. No incriminating article has been recovered from his possession and he has no criminal antecedent. It is further submitted that he had no knowledge about the case as he is a resident of District Muzaffarpur while the alleged occurrence is stated to have taken place in Begusarai. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State who submits that the petitioner is named in the FIR, there is direct allegation against him and there is no reason why the other accused persons would falsely implicate him.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner not being arrested at the spot,

name of the petitioner transpiring on the confessional statement of a coaccused made before police and the petitioner having no criminal antecedent, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on anticipatory bail. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Sahebpur Kamal P.S Case no. 280 of 2018 he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai subject to the conditions as laid down in section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. (Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash U