Dharmendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17602 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-257 Year-2018 Thana- BHABHUA District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar Son of Butan Singh Resident of Village- Parmalpur, Khanethi, P.S.- Sonhan, Distt.- Bhabua at Kaimur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Vinod Kumar Seth, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-04-2025 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Pramila Devi, alleged that all the accused persons named in the F.I.R., including this petitioner, acting as property dealers, after receiving consideration money of Rs. 22,50,000/- refused to register the land and later on, informant came to know that the land in question has already been transferred by the accused persons in name of wife and sons of co-accused Kush Kumar.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17602 of 2025(2) dt.08-04-2025 2/3 behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is neither vendor nor vendee of the land in question. From bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that the entire consideration money was paid by the informant to other co-accused persons and petitioner has not received a single farthing. Petitioner is only alleged to be witness of the sale deed. It is further submitted that dispute involved in the present case is civil in nature relating to sale and purchase of land and none of the acts allegedly committed by this petitioner would give rise to any criminal liability. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17602 of 2025(2) dt.08-04-2025 3/3 each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Bhabua in connection with Bhabua P.S. Case No. 257 of 2018, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T