Sonu Kumar @ Solu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33715 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-407 Year-2020 Thana- LAHERIYASARAI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== SONU KUMAR @ SOLU Son of Mr. Naresh Yadav Resident of Village - Nayatola Jurabganj, P.S.- Kodha, District - Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur Mr.Shivam For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 21-12-2021 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Laheriasarai Police Station Case No. 407 of 2020, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 382/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that the informant was going to Allahabad bank to deposit a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/-, but the said amount could not be deposited in the bank and while he was returning, two unknown miscreants came on a white motorcycle and snatched the bag from the informant containing a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- and fled away.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33715 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 2/3 Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report and he has been made accused in this case on the basis of his confessional statement made in LNMU Police Station Case No. 233 of 2020. He further submits that no incriminating material and/or looted cash has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner and he has not been put to Test Identification Parade by the police as yet. He next submits that the petitioner is in custody since 20.10.2020 and charge sheet has been submitted against the petitioner and as such, there is no likelihood that the petitioner will abscond and/or tamper with the evidence.

Regards being had to the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties concerned and taking into consideration the materials available on record and the fact that no incriminating material and/or looted cash has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner, the petitioner has not been put to Test Identification Parade by the police as yet, charge sheet has already been submitted and the petitioner is in custody since 20.10.2020, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner. This application is, accordingly, allowed.

Let the petitioner, Sonu Kumar @ Solu, be released

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33715 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 3/3 on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, in connection with Laheriasarai Police Station Case No. 407 of 2020.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J.) Prabhakar Anand/- U √ T √