Mumtaz @ Mumtaz Alam @ Md. Mumtaz Alam v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.32265 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -10 Year- 2012 Thana -SC/ST District- KISANGANJ ======================================================
1. Mumtaz @ Mumtaz Alam @ Md. Mumtaz Alam S/o Late Baharuddin .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Najmul Hoda For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sadanand Paswan (Spl. Pp) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-08-2015 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 385 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 (I)(III)(X) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
It is alleged that the informant being the Revenue Karamchari was pressurized by the accused persons to issue rent receipt with regard to land on payment of less amount of rent than the prescribed one and when the informant refused to issue rent receipt, he was threatened and abused by calling caste name. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that for the occurrence of 29.07.2012, the FIR was registered on 04.08.2012 and the informant has subsequently retracted from his initial version. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.32265 of 2015 (2) dt.11-08-2015 2/2 that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of `10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Kishanganj in connection with Kishanganj SC/ST P.S. Case No. 10 of 2012, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Amrendra/- U T