Ritik Kumar @ Golu Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27054 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-508 Year-2023 Thana- MITHANPURA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ritik Kumar @ Golu Chaudhary S/o Lalan Chaudhary R/o Village- Malighat, Bharat Mata Chowk, P.S.- Mithanpura, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Shaheen Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 18-04-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Mithanpura P.S Case No. 508 of 2023 dated 13.11.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 341, 323, 324, 307, 353, 504/34 of IPC and 37 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, some unknown miscreants were causing ruckus near the Bharat Mata Temple under intoxicated condition. When police went there for inquiry they caused hindrance in the discharge of their official duty and started scuffling with the Police Personnel and thereafter started assaulting him with bricks and stones and one of the accused persons bit the finger of the constable Prabhakar Kumar.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27054 of 2024(2) dt.18-04-2024 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case only on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused Hari Shankar. Nothing 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.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, as well as the nature of allegation, 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, Muzaffarpur, in connection with Mithanpura P.S Case No. 508 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

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