Sanjeet Rajbanshi And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50722 of 2017 (2) dt.18-10-2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50722 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -20 Year- 2017 Thana -HISUA District- NAWADA ======================================================

1. Sanjeet Rajbanshi, son of Madan Rajbanshi

2. Madan Rajbanshi, son of Late Prasadi Rajbanshi Both are resident of village Yadav Nagar, Hisua, P.S. - Hisua, District - Nawada.

.... .... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Arun, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 2.

18-10-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioners, in the present, case, are seeking Anticipatory Bail in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 20/2017 for the offences under Sections 341, 323, 427, 379, 384, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3/4 of Prevention of Witch (Daain) Practices Act, pending in the court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that a bare perusal of the First Information Report would show that there is a general and omnibus allegation against these petitioners and the reason for making such allegation

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50722 of 2017 (2) dt.18-10-2017 being a land dispute is also apparent from the F.I.R. Learned counsel submits that co-accused Chinta Devi has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 34420/2017. The case of these petitioners is similarly situated.

Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the nature of allegation and the fact that a coordinate Bench of this court has granted anticipatory bail to one of the co-accused, in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks, let the petitioners above-named be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada, in connection with Hisua P.S. Case No. 20/2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J.) Rajeev/- U T