Patna High CourtCR. MISC./59149/2017bail granted

Ashok Das @ Abhay Das v. The State Of Bihar

2017-12-15Justice Smt. Anjana Mishra2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.59149 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -108 Year- 2017 Thana -SAHKUND District- BHAGALPUR ====================================================== Ashok Das @ Abhay Das, Son of Anup Lal Das, Resident of VillageBalsira, P.S.- Kagreli, District- Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Chandrasen Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 15-12-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State. The petitioner is in custody since 14.06.2017 in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No.108 of 2017 registered for the offence under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R., but subsequently on the confessional statement made by co-accused, the petitioner was taken into custody. It is submitted that the entire allegations as made out are improbable and motivated and it is not the bus Driver who has lodged the F.I.R. but merely one of the passengers who has filed the present case. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that other similarly situated

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.59149 of 2017 (2) dt.15-12-2017 2/2 persons have since been released on bail by the court below itself, vide Bail Application No.1090 of 2017 and Bail Application No.1132 of 2017.

Considering the aforementioned facts and circumstances and that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on his furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No.108 of 2017. (Anjana Mishra, J) PNM U T