Ashish Ranjan v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.40603 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-170 Year-2018 Thana- DUMRA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Ashish Ranjan S/o Vidya Nand Srivastava, R/o Vill.- Raghopur Bakhri, P.S.- Sitamarhi, District- Sitamarhi.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
2. Sujoy Das, Chief Manager Branch- Dumra SBI, Sitamarhi. ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashhar Mustafa, Adv For the SBI :
Mr. Anjani Kumar Mishra, Adv For the State :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER 13-07-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the State Bank of India.
The petitioner who is in custody seeks bail in connection with Dumra P.S. Case No. 170 of 2018 for the offence punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 471, 379 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 60 and 66C of the I.T. Act.
Informant is the Manager of State Bank of India, who in his written complaint made to Officer-in-charge, Dumra Thana, Sitamarhi has stated that he received information from Rajasthan that one person claiming him as Ashish Ranjan is asking contractors and engineers to deposit amount in a
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40603 of 2018(2) dt.13-07-2018 2/3 particular account number. Meanwhile sum of Rs. 10 Lacs was deposited in the account and Ashish Ranjan came to withdraw it but payment was not made due to said complaint. Informant received a phone who stated himself to be District Judge of Sitamarhi and asked to pay the amount but on verification the District Judge, Sitamarhi, denied to have made any call. On said complaint police registered case of impersonation and cheating and arrested petitioner from the Bank.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He is running Prime Minister Development Skill Scheme and his friend Krishna Bihari also wanted to open such scheme and for which he asked petitioner that since he has no bank account there and requested petitioner to permit him to withdraw amount from his account which will be deposited by his friend family members and both had come to the Bank but said Krishna Bihari went out of the Bank and called the Bank Manager in fake name of District Judge upon which the Bank Manager called the police and petitioner was arrested. It has been further submitted that no case of impersonation or cheating or forgery is made out against him and he has got no criminal antecedent. He is in custody since 04.05.2018.
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.40603 of 2018(2) dt.13-07-2018 3/3 Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner named above be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, in connection with Dumra P.S. Case No. 170 of 2018.
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