Karu Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.41559 of 2015 Arising Out of P.S..Case No. -98 of 2015 Thana -SARAI District- VAISHALI(HAJIPUR) ====================================================== Karu Jha .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Suresh Pd.Singh(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 07-10-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Sarai P.S.Case No. 98 of 2015 registered for offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case is that the informant, who is Officer-in-charge, Sarai Police Station, received confidential information that some miscreants have assembled in the Sarai Railway premises for sale and purchase of theft vehicles. On such information, the informant constituted a raiding party with the permission of higher police officers and proceeded. When he reached near Railway station, Sarai, he found some miscreants who fled away, but one driver of vehicle, namely, Ranjeet Kumar Nirala was arrested and he did not give any satisfactory explanation regarding the said vehicle and he disclosed the names of his colleague petitioner, Karu Jha and another person Sanjeev

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.41559 of 2015 (2) dt.07-10-2015 2/2 Kumar Singh. He also disclosed that the aforesaid vehicle was brought from U.P. for sale with the help of petitioners Karu Jha and Sanjeev Kumar Singh who used to sell and purchase stolen articles.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Ranjeet Kumar Nirala, name of the petitioner has surfaced. The confessional statement of the co-accused has no evidentiary value in the eye of law.

Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today before the Court below be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- ( ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Sarai P.S.Case No. 98 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) Sudha/- U T