Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22407 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2019 Thana- DANAPUR District- Patna ====================================================== RAJEEV RANJAN, aged about 17 years (Male), Son of Late Daroga Prasad, Resident of Gandhi Gali (Gas Godam), P.S.- Digha, District- Patna. (Under the Guardianship of Sanjeev Kumar, aged about-23 years (Male), Son of Late Daroga Prasad, Resident of Gandhi Gali (Gas Godam), P.S.- Digha, DistrictPatna. Elder brother of petitioner). ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Prahalad Kumar Bhagat, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-05-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is languishing in custody since 03.01.2019 in a case for the offence registered under Sections 354(A), 509, 323 of the IPC and 8 of POCSO Act. The prosecution story, in brief, is that on 02.01.2019 at 10.00 A.M. when the informant was going to P.K. Coaching Centre, on the way, Rajeev Ranjan (petitioner), started teasing and abusing her and also assaulted her. She further stated that he injured her eye and she fell down on the way. Thereafter, her friend Khushbu helped to get up her. She further stated that thereafter oozing blood from her eye.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22407 of 2019(3) dt.08-05-2019 2/2 It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. Charge sheet has been submitted in the present case. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case due to previous enmity. There is no substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in the present case. The allegation made in the F.I.R. is denied by the petitioner.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J. Istcum-Special Judge, POCSO, Patna, in connection with Danapur P.S. Case No. 10 of 2019, Special Case No. 02 of 2019. (Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T