Dev Saran Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.46871 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-35 Year-2018 Thana- NTPC District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Dev Saran Sah, Son of Fagu Sah, resident of Village- Shyampur, P.S. Kahalgaon (N.T.P.C), District- Bhagalpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajive Ranjan Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Damodar Prasad Tiwary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in Kahalgaon (NTPC) P.S. Case No. 35 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 401, 413, 414, 411 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation against the petitioner is of habitually dealing in stolen property as well as assisting in concealment of stolen property.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Karu @ Ravindra Kumar. It has been further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted bail by a co-

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46871 of 2018(2) dt.08-08-2018 2/2 ordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 26.07.2018 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 44933 of 2018. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 18.05.2018. 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, Bhagalpur, in connection with Kahalgaon(NTPC) P.S. Case No. 35 of 2018.

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