Yogendra Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22971 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-279 Year-2022 Thana- DAUDNAGAR District- Aurangabad ====================================================== YOGENDRA KUMAR VERMA Son of Jagdish Prasad Verma @ Jagdish Mahto Resident of village - Makhra P.O. Sihadi, P.S.- Daud Nagar, District - Aurangabad.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brij Mohan Das, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 290 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on secret information the police raided a hotel namely Verma Inn, Daud Nagar and several young male and female couples were apprehended who were indulged in immoral act, further several objectionable articles along with the mobile etc. were also recovered.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22971 of 2023(2) dt.12-07-2023 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that the petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence, but came to be implicated merely on the ground that he is owner of the hotel in question, it is next submitted that petitioner being owner was not aware that the customers who have come to stay in the room were indulging in some immoral acts. It is further submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation and will present himself as and when required by the Investigating Officer of the case for eliciting the truth.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Daud Nagar P.S. Case No. 279 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22971 of 2023(2) dt.12-07-2023 3/3 under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

It is also made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that the petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court, is not co-operating or is not presenting himself as and when required, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel his bail bonds after recording reasons.

Let a copy of this order be also sent to the concerned Police Station through the learned Trial Court. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T