Ranjeet Mahto @ Ranjit Kumar Mahto And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.3034 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -136 Year- 2016 Thana -KISHANGANJ District- KISANGANJ ======================================================

1. Ranjeet Mahto @ Ranjit Kumar Mahto, son of Vinod Mahto, resident of Mohalla- Kishanganj Marwari College Road, P.S. and District Kishanganj.

2. Ajay Mahto, son of Ashok Mahto, resident of village- Mozabari, P.S. Kochadhaman, District- Kishanganj.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Ansarul Haque, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY PRIYA ORAL ORDER 2/ 09-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in Kishanganj P.S. Case No.136 of 2016 instituted for the offence under Section(s) 457, 380 Indian Penal Code.

Counsel for the petitioners has submitted that merely suspicion has been raised against the petitioners in the written report. There is no recovery of any article from their possession. The informant has alleged in the written report that the petitioners had worked in his house and, therefore, they might have committed theft of articles from his house. In the facts and circumstances of the case, prayer of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.3034 of 2018 (2) dt.09-02-2018 2/2 the petitioners for grant of anticipatory bail is allowed. In the event of surrender/arrest of the petitioners, named above, within six weeks from today in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No.136 of 2016, they shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kishanganj, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr. P. C. with further conditions:

(1) bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the court concerned, (2) petitioners shall cooperate in the trial and shall be present on each and every date fixed by the court and absence on two consecutive dates without proper and reasonable reason will automatically cancel bail bond of the petitioners and (3) if petitioners tamper with the evidence or the witnesses of the case, in that case, prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail of the petitioners. (Sanjay Priya, J) JA/- U T