Rakes Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.74174 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-690 Year-2018 Thana- KATIHAR District- Katihar ====================================================== Rakes Paswan, S/o Firangi Paswan, R/o Shitla Sthan, P.S.- Sahayak Distt.- Katihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sri Shantanu Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 20-12-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP representing the State.

Petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Katihar Sahayak P.S. Case No. 690 of 2018 registered for the offences punishable under Section 380 of the I.P.C. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner in the present case has been implicated only on mere suspicion as the stolen articles were recovered not from his conscious possession, rather the same was recovered from a place which does not belong to this petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal history. Learned APP for the State is present and has opposed the prayer for bail.

In the given facts and circumstances, in case of arrest

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.74174 of 2018(2) dt.20-12-2018 2/2 or surrender of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today, the abovenamed petitioner shall be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.15,000/- (rupees fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfication of the learned C.J.M., Katihar in connection with Katihar Sahayak P.S. Case No. 690 of 2018, subject to the condition that petitioner shall join the investigation by reporting to the Investigating Officer within a period of three weeks from today and shall cooperate in course of investigation, failing which the Investigating Officer shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bond. This will be in addition to condition prescribed under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) arvind/- U T