Pappu @ Pappu Yadav @ Pawan Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28376 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-362 Year-2015 Thana- FORBESGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== Pappu @ Pappu Yadav @ Pawan Yadav, S/o Samat Lal Yadav Resident of Village - Achra, P.S. - Fulkaha, District - Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gopal Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umesh Lal Verma, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-12-2022 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing for the State. The petitioner, who is in custody since 17.08.2020 seeks regular bail in connection with Forbesganj (Simraha) P.S. Case No. 362 of 2015, for the offence punishable under Section 386 of Indian Penal Code, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria.

The prosecution case, in brief, is that informant lodged the present case against unknown caller of mobile no. 7870758825 and subsequent to same by other two mobiles referred in the F.I.R. for life threatening for identifying the petitioner in T.I.P.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that the alleged mobile number does not belongs to the petitioner. He further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28376 of 2022(5) dt.21-12-2022 2/2 submits that the petitioner was in custody at the time of lodging of F.I.R. The petitioner is in custody since 17.08.2020. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

Considering the nature of allegation made in the F.I.R. and the number of cases pending against the petitioner, this Court had rejected the bail application filed on behalf of the petitioner vide order dated 31.01.2022 passed in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 43041 of 2021 and liberty was granted to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail.

The trial Court is directed to proceed with the trial expeditiously and conclude the same within a period of 12 months from the date of this order. The Superintendent of Police, Araria is directed to produce all the prosecution witnesses on the date fixed by the learned court below. If no substantial progress takes place in the trial, the petitioner, if so advised, may renew his prayer for bail after the aforesaid period of 12 months.

Accordingly, the bail application stands disposed of. (Purnendu Singh, J) manish/- U T