Ashok Kumar Singh v. State Of Bihar And ANR

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32647 of 2015 (2) dt.14-08-2015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.32647 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -521 Year- 2014 Thana -MUNGER COMPLAINT CASE DistrictMUNGER ======================================================

1. Ashok Kumar Singh son of Rajendra Prasad Singh resident of VillageParsaudo, Police Station - haveli Khargpur, in the District of Munger. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyavarta Verma (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 14-08-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. This application for grant of anticipatory bail arises out of Complaint case No. 521C of 2014, disclosing offences under Sections 467,468,471,474 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code. I do not find any reason why this Court should exercise discretion under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure when the Magistrate before whom the matter is pending is required to consider petitioner's case for grant of bail, in the light of decision of this Court dated 14.5.2015 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 51075 of 2014 reported in 2015(3) BBCJ (V)53 (Salim Ansari and others vs. State of Bihar and others).

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32647 of 2015 (2) dt.14-08-2015 This application is disposed of with an observation that if the petitioner, in response to the summon issued to him, appear before the learned Magistrate, the learned Magistrate shall pass an order on his application for bail in the light of the said decision of this Court in Case of Salim Ansari and others (supra). This application stands disposed of.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) ArunKumar/- U