Surendra Thakur @ Sulendra Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20431 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2022 Thana- KALYANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== SURENDRA THAKUR @ SULENDRA THAKUR SON OF LATE BAIDYANATH THAKUR RESIDENT OF VILLAGE - SADAHA, POLICE STATION - BOCHAHA, DISTRICT - MUZAFFARPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Singh,adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-04-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 156 of 2022 dated 14.05.2022 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 457 and 380 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, unknown miscreants are alleged to have committed theft of ornaments and Rs. 50,000/- from the house of the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the self-confessional statement in the case no. 24 of 2022. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has five

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20431 of 2024(2) dt.15-04-2024 2/2 other criminal antecedents of similar nature as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Samastipur in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 156 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with further condition/s:- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T