Manish Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.57354 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -152 Year- 2017 Thana -BAJPATTI District- SITAMARHI ====================================================== Manish Paswan S/o Late Ram Swaroop Paswan, R/o Village- Madhubani, P.S.- Pupri, District- Sitamarhi.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Dinesh Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Ramchandra Sahani ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 02-01-2018 Heard the counsels for the parties.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 152 of 2017 dated 13.05.2017 instituted for the offences under Sections 302, 201, 120 (b)/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The mother of the deceased has lodged the F.I.R alleging that her son Randhir Kumar Chaudhary who drives the vehicle of one Ram Sawarath Prasad had gone for work but never returned. Later, she was informed that a dead body was found in the village. She identified the dead body to be that of her son. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that during the course of investigation, it came to light that the petitioner was a friend of one Pramod Mahto who was a friend of the deceased. Because of the association of the petitioner and Pramod Mahto with the deceased, the deceased had been associated with the family of the aforesaid two persons including

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.57354 of 2017 (3) dt.02-01-2018 2/2 the petitioner. Later, the deceased developed some alliance with the sister-in-law of the co-accused Pramod Mahto which was not to the liking of the accused persons.

The petitioner is said to be arrested in this case on 18.05.2017 when he gave his confessional statement, admitting his guilt.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has, therefore, submitted that but for the vague information provided by the sleuths of the police and his confession, there is no other material connecting the petitioner with the crime. The petitioner does not have any criminal antecedent.

Taking into account the aforesaid facts, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. The petitioner, above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pupari at Sitamarhi in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 152 of 2017. (Ashutosh Kumar, J) Shageer/- U T