Karan Kumar Singh @ Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Thapa v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24713 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-217 Year-2023 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran ====================================================== Karan Kumar Singh @ Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Thapa Son of Sohan Bahadur Singh @ Sohan Singh Resident of Village- Shanti Nagar, Ward No. 01, P.S.- Sikarpur, District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Umesh Kumar Gupta, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rana Randhir Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 01-05-2024 Heard the parties.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Sikarpur P.S. Case No. 217 of 2023 for the offence under sections 386, 387 and 120(B) of the I.P.C. lodged on 23.03.2023 by the informant, Vinod Pd. Jaiswal.

3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that he got a call on his mobile no. XXXX942142 from another mobile no. 978465XXXX and asked for payment of Rs. 1 Crore within two days failing which they know that the informant's son goes to the gym where he will be killed. Accordingly, the FIR. Subsequently, the investigation took place and the name of the petitioner cropped up on the confession of the other accused persons.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that his name has come in the confessional statement of the co-accuseds,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24713 of 2024(2) dt.01-05-2024 2/2 had no role to play in the matter and the alleged mobile number does not belong to him. He further submits that the other coaccuseds have been granted bail.

5. Learned APP points out that his name has come on the confessional statement of co-accuseds and as per the observation of the learned Session Judge, there are sufficient materials against this petitioner, has also criminal antecedent of the same nature and the last submission is that others have been granted bail and not the privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP as also that the petitioner's name has cropped up during the course of investigation and has criminal antecedent of the same nature, such kind of extortion completely puts the family in fear and it is high time that the police/Court take the matter to its logical conclusion. So far as the anticipatory bail is concerned, the same stands rejected.

(Rajiv Roy, J) kiran/- U T