Patna High CourtCR. MISC./30529/2016bail granted

Birbal Kumar v. State Of Bihar And ANR

2016-09-08Mr. Justice Sudhir Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.30529 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -27 Year- 2016 Thana -KHAGARIA District- KHAGARIA ====================================================== Birbal Kumar Son of Dinesh Prasad Verma, Resident of village - Raun, Police Station Alauli, District - Khagaria .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd., through its M.D. Vidyut Bhawan, Patna .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Shanker Pankaj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Mujtabaul Haque, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-09-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State and the opposite party No.2.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case instituted for the offences under Sections 420, 468, 467 and 471 of the I.P.C. The allegation is that the accused persons including the petitioner have misappropriated huge amount of the government money.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 11.5.2016 and the charge sheet has been submitted in the present case. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. In course of investigation his name has come.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.30529 of 2016 (4) dt.08-09-2016 2/2 The other co-accused has been granted bail vide Cr.Misc.No.13719 of 2016.

On behalf of the State and the learned counsel for the opposite party No.2, it is submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, it is directed that the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaria in connection with Khagaria (Chitragupta Nagar) P.S. case No.27 of 2016.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T