Santosh Kumar Yadav @ Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.72416 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-476 Year-2018 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Yadav @ Santosh Kumar Son of Suresh Yadav, resident of Village- Jaukatiya, Police Station- Manjhwaliya, District- West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar No.-7 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Brajendra Nath Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 13-12-2018 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Gopalganj Town PS case no. 476 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 414, 413, 420, 379, 467, 468, 371, 120(B) of Indian Penal Code. The allegation in the written report is that while the informant was on patrolling duty, he got information that a Scorpio vehicle was standing on the road and the people sitting therein were seen going to the A.T.M. one by one. The informant is said to have reached at the A.T.M. when the co-accused person namely Azad Alam started fleeing away. When he was apprehended, he disclosed that his colleagues were sitting the Scorpio vehicle and from the vehicle, the petitioner and other co-accused persons namely Ravi Bhushan Kumar Yadav and Shami Akhtar were apprehended and some money and several A.T.M. cards were also recovered.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.72416 of 2018(2) dt.13-12-2018 2/2 The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is having a clean antecedent and is languishing in custody since 18.08.2018. Lastly, it is submitted that the similarly situated co-accused person namely Ravi Bhushan Yadav has already been granted bail vide order dated 12.10.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 63458 of 2018.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as also considering the parity of the case of the petitioner with that of other co-accused persons who have already been granted bail, I deem it fit and proper to enlarge the abovenamed petitioner on regular bail. Accordingly, the abovenamed petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Gopalganj Town PS case no. 476 of 2018.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) rinkee/- U T