Ram Balak Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.50687 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -196 Year- 2016 Thana -BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBEGUSARAI ====================================================== Ram Balak Bhagat, son of late Uchit Bhagat, resident of village-Dhabauli, P.S.-O.P. Lakho (Muffasil), District-Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 18-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
Petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Muffasil (Lakho) P.S. Case No.196 of 2016 registered for offences punishable under Sections 342, 323, 384, 387 and 379/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the FIR the allegation of demanding Rangdari is against Shrawan Bhagat. It is further submitted that so far as the present petitioner is concerned, allegation against him is that he took out a sum of Rs.5600/- forcibly from the pocket of the informant, golden ring and wrist watch worth Rs.1,00,000/- but these are false allegations because of the fact that this petitioner had given a loan of
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50687 of 2017 (2) dt.18-10-2017 Rs.50,000/- to the informant which the informant was avoiding to repay and upon being pressurized the petitioner and his son have been falsely implicated. It is further submitted that the learned Sessions Judge, Begusarai has taken note of the fact that the petitioner is aged about 68 years and the investigating officer has found that the petitioner is running a shop of hardware so the shopkeeper cannot dare to do such thing as alleged against him in the FIR.
On the other hand, learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
Considering the facts and circumstances, in case of arrest or surrender of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Muffasil (Lakho) P.S. Case No.196 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) Arvind/- U T