Brajesh Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.478 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -120 Year- 2016 Thana -RAGHUNATHPUR District- SIWAN ====================================================== Brajesh Kumar Singh Son of Late Ramnath Singh Resident of Village - Amhara, P.S. Raghunathpur, District - Siwan.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 11-01-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 22.10.2016 in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 120 of 2016 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406, 465, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution case, as lodged by the informant, is that he deposited Rs. 30,000/- in the office of Sea World Power Pvt. Ltd. in Gorakhpur for going abroad, but the petitioner has cheated him and further demanded Rs. 1,000/- for release of the said passport and that the petitioner was apprehended with 30 other passports of different persons.

It has been submitted by the counsel for the petitioner

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.478 of 2017 (2) dt.11-01-2017 2/2 that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the aforesaid case. In fact, he was an unemployed youth and was also an aspirant for going abroad and has also deposited his passport with the said company at Gorakhpur and doing some work in the said company in the meantime, as such, he has been falsely implicated. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no earlier criminal history.

However, learned A.P.P. for the State submits that the petitioner is named in the First Information Report, hence, opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstance and that the petitioner has no criminal history, let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan in connection with Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 120 of 2016. (Nilu Agrawal, J.) Arjun/- U T