Ranjit Kumar Chaudhary @ Ranjeet Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21748 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-502 Year-2021 Thana- SIWAN CITY District- Siwan ====================================================== Ranjit Kumar Chaudhary @ Ranjeet Kumar Chaudhary Son Of Bikrama Chaudhary R/O Village- Jiyay, P.S.- Siwan Town, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Bhushan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 12-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 395 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act pending in the learned court below.

As per the prosecution case, 7-8 unknown miscreants looted 8-9 kg of gold and 7-8 kg. of silver ornaments and other items worth of Rs.4 crores from the jewellery shop and fled away with motorcycles.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. He submits that the name of the petitioner has been dragged in this case on the basis of confessional statement of the co-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21748 of 2023(3) dt.12-07-2023 2/2 accused. He further submits that there is no any incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession or from the house of the petitioner. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.

Per contra, learned APP for the State vehemently opposing the bail application submits that the allegation levelled as the petitioner is serious in nature. Hence, he does not deserve anticipatory bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Siwan Town P.S. Case No. 502/2021. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected. However, if the petitioner surrenders before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today and seeks regular bail, the learned Court below would pass the order, preferably, on the same day, without being prejudiced by this order considering the fact that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T