Aniket Pandey @ Aniket Kumar Pandey v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30921 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-75 Year-2020 Thana- INDUSTRIAL District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== ANIKET PANDEY @ ANIKET KUMAR PANDEY SON OF SUNIL PANDEY @ SUNIL KUMAR PANDEY R/O VILLAGE- BAIJANI NEAR UCO BANK, P.S.- JAGDISPUR (BAIJANI), DISTRICT- BHAGALPUR. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Geeta Kumari Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 11-04-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Industrial Prakshetra (Bhagalpur) P.S. Case No. 75 of 2020 registered for the offence under Section 392 of the I.P.C. The allegation, as per the First Information Report, is that four unknown accused persons looted a sum of Rs.1300/-, motorcycle, gold ring and mobile of the informant on gun point.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by the co-accused /
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30921 of 2021(8) dt.11-04-2022 2/3 Umang Kumar in Mojahidpur (Babarganj) P.S. Case No. 164 of 2020 registered under Sections 399, 402, 353 of the I.P.C. He further submits that no incriminating article and / or looted property has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and he has not been put on Test Identification Parade despite the petitioner being in jail since 11-12-2020. Accordingly, submission is that except confessional statement no other material is there against the petitioner to connect him with the present offence and other co-accused person namely Santosh Kumar Yadav @ Chotu Kumar has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. 39289 of 2021.
Regard being had to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the materials available on record, the fact that petitioner has not been put on T.I. Parade, no incriminating and / or looted article has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, he is in custody since 11/12/2020 and charge sheet has already been submitted, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.
Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30921 of 2021(8) dt.11-04-2022 3/3 released on regular bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25000/-(twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, in connection with Industrial Prakshetra P.S. Case No. 75 of 2020.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) S.Ali/- U T