Purushottam Kahar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30018 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2019 Thana- GOVINDPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Purushottam Kahar S/o Late Jagdish Ram @ Jagdish Kahar Resident of Village- Chotha, P.S. Rajauli, District- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Man Mohan Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 19 of 2019 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 384 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution story, the allegation against the petitioner is of demand of rangdari.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and name of petitioner surfaced during course of investigation on the basis of confessional statement of the co-accused persons namely, Yashwant Kumar Mehta and Manoj Kumar Mehta. He further submits that the co-accused Manoj Kumar Mehta and Yashwant Kumar Mehta who named this petitioner have already been granted bail by this Court as well as co-ordinate Bench of this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30018 of 2025(2) dt.04-07-2025 2/2 Court vide orders dated 08.02.2021 and 13.09.2019 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26677 of 2020 and Cr. Misc. No. 55180 of 2019 respectively. Petitioner is in custody since 31.07.2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the bail application.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and period of custody, the bail application is allowed. Let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawada / concerned Court, in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 19 of 2019.
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