Manoj Kumar @ Manoj Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18000 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2020 Thana- AMBA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== MANOJ KUMAR @ MANOJ MEHTA Son of Late Ram Chandra Mehta Resident of Village - Telhara, P.S. Amba, District - Aurangabad. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bindeshwar Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-09-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State through the virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The informant alleges that one Vikash Mehta along with an unknown accused fired at him but missed as the driver of the vehicle (jeep) in which the informant was travelling sped, but the jeep overturned and the informant got injured. It is further alleged that petitioner had threatened him one month ago as such based on suspicion it is alleged that the occurrence might have been planned by the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that the entire

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18000 of 2022(2) dt.23-09-2022 2/2 allegation hinges around suspicion, it is also submitted that if the petitioner had threatened the informant one month ago, as alleged, then why no FIR or information was given to the police about the same, as such it amply demonstrates that by way of afterthought, the petitioner has been implicated. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that the matter is still under investigation and allegation of firing on the informant is against Vikash Mehta.

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 trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Amba P.S. Case No. 5 of 2020 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) gauravkr/- U T