Ravi Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 21923 of 2020 Arising Out of P.S. Case No.-37 Year-2020 Thana-Nagarnausa District-Nalanda ======================================================

1. Ravi Kumar, S/o Ganauri Yadav.

2. Mani Kant Jadav @ Manian Yadav, S/o Ganauri Yadav. R/o Village-Maniyampur, P.S. Nagarnausa, District-Nalanda. ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-07-2020 Filing through email of the present application has been accepted in view of the out-break of COVID-19 Pandemic and has been posted before me for hearing through video conferencing.

The application is apparently not in accordance with the provisions prescribed under the Patna High Court Rules, which do not contemplate filing of application through email. Inspite of that, considering the extra-ordinary situation, filing of the present application has been allowed through email. Considering the situation prevailing, the Court has considered, for the present, to ignore the deficiency in filing of

2/3 the application.

Heard Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Nagarnausa P.S. Case No. 37 of 2020 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 325, 307 and 504 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Considering that there is no overt act alleged against the petitioners and that the specific allegation of causing injury to the wife of the informant is confined against Arvind Kumar @ Gorelal, the petitioners are directed to be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hilsa, Nalanda in connection with Nagarnausa P.S. Case No. 37 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Since, there is a State wide lockdown, the Court has considered it appropriate to adopt the following procedure for communication of the present order :-

3/3 (i) The order, which has been dictated during the course of proceeding of the virtual court, shall be communicated to me on my email by the Sr.

Secretary.

(ii) The corrected copy of the order shall be transmitted by me from my email id to the Sr. Secretary, which shall be treated to be an authentic copy of the order passed by this Court in the present proceeding. (iii) Hard copy of the order duly signed by me shall be preserved in my residential office for documentation and future use, if any.

(iv) Let a copy of the order be sent to Mr. Anil Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioners also on his email.

(v) Let steps be taken by the Sr. Secretary/registry for up-loading of the present order without compromising with the norms of social distancing. rohit/- (Ashwani Kumar Singh, J) U T