Chhotu Kumar @ Chhotu Singh @ Anant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23959 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-232 Year-2019 Thana- KASIMBAZAR District- Munger ====================================================== CHHOTU KUMAR @ CHHOTU SINGH @ ANANT KUMAR S/o Surya Deo Singh Resident of Village- Bindwara (Adarsh Tola Munger), P.S.- Kasim Bazar, Distt- Munger.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kumar Kamal Nayan, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 05-12-2020 Heard Mr. Kumar Kamal Nayan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, Additional Public Prosecutor for the state through video conferencing.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Kasim Bazar PS Case No. 232/2019 registered for the offence punishable under Section 394 of the IPC and later on under Sections 395, 397 and 412, charge-sheet was submitted.
3. The allegation, as per First Information Report, is that three to four persons have entered into the house of brother of the informant, stolen the household articles and injured the brother and sister-in-law of the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has not committed any offence in the manner alleged and the petitioner has been remanded in this case on the basis of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23959 of 2020(5) dt.05-12-2020 2/3 confessional statement made in Kasim Bazar PS Case No. 234 of 2019. Learned counsel submits that on the confessional statement of the petitioner, allegedly, a sum of Rs. 15,000/- was recovered from his house. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that on the basis of his confessional statement, other accused persons, 7 to 8 in numbers, have been arrested in the present case out of which three persons have been granted bail by this Court on similar allegation in Cr. Misc. Nos. 1163/2020, 12868/2020 and 19053/2020.
5. Learned counsel further submits that TIP was conducted by the police but the victim has not identified the accused persons. Learned counsel next submits that petitioner is in custody since 17.10.2019.
6. Having regard to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the material on record and the fact that similarly situated accused persons have been granted bail by this Court and the petitioner is in custody since 17.10.2019 , I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, let the petitioner, CHHOTU KUMAR @ CHHOTU SINGH @ ANANT KUMAR be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Twenty-five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23959 of 2020(5) dt.05-12-2020 3/3 learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Munger in connection with Kasim Bazar PS Case No. 232/2019.
8. It is made clear that at the time of furnishing bail bonds all the parties shall follow the guidelines of social distancing.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) perwez U T