Srikant Kumar @ Suryakant Kumar @ Sri Kant Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22681 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-407 Year-2022 Thana- RAFIGANJ District- Aurangabad ====================================================== SRIKANT KUMAR @ SURYAKANT KUMAR @ SRI KANT SINGH Son of Ram Akbal Singh @ Ram Akbal Resident of Village - Santhua, P.S.- Rafiganj, District - Aurangabad.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Bhaskar Shankar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-06-2023 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 in connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 407 of 2022 dated 17.11.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution's case, the informant was going to the house of his son-law, one person intercepted him

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22681 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 2/3 and looted Rs. 40,000/- from the informant. On hearing hulla, nearby people reached there who disclosed the name of that person as Niranjan Singh and the said Niranjan Singh had also looted Rs. 6400/- from one Binod Singh.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of co-accused Niranjan Singh. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, 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, Aurangabad, in connection with Rafiganj P.S. Case No. 407 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22681 of 2023(2) dt.24-06-2023 3/3 the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The application stands allowed.

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