Sonelal Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16557 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-78 Year-2022 Thana- MOTIPUR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sonelal Sah, Son of Late Jeetan Sah Resident of Village - Mahana Karbala, P.S. - Motipur, District - Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Alok Kumar Alok For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 16-04-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that police after threadbare investigation came to a considered conclusion that petitioner is innocent and thus submitted final form (Annexure-2) exonerating the petitioner of the allegation, but then, the learned trial Court differing with the police report took cognizance, as such, petitioner apprehends his arrest. The learned counsel next submits that when one

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16557 of 2025(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2 investigating agency after a threadbare investigation came to a considered conclusion that petitioner is innocent whether it would be prudent for this Court to send the petitioner to jail based on an order of cognizance which came to be taken based on the same police report which exonerated the petitioner of the allegations.

4. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application.

5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-IInd West, Muzaffarpur in connection with Motipur P. S. Case No.78 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

6. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T