Pappu Paswan @ Pappu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16514 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-663 Year-2018 Thana- TURKAULIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== PAPPU PASWAN @ PAPPU KUMAR S/o Dhruv Paswan R/o villageGayara, P.S.- Turkauliya, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Karandeep Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madhura Nand Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-02-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, two miscreants boarded on motorcycle intercepted the informant and snatched his purse containing Rs. 10350/-, two ATM cards and driving license. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16514 of 2020(2) dt.15-02-2023 2/3 petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is also accused in 4 other criminal cases which are of similar nature as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, East Champaran, at Motihari in connection with Turkauliya P.S. Case No. 663 of 2018, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with following conditions.

1. The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

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2. The court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and at any stage, if it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T