Om Prakash Chauhan @ Om Prakash Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50990 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-165 Year-2023 Thana- SARAI RANJAN District- Samastipur ====================================================== Mohan Mistri Son of Hariwansh Rai Resident of Vill- Chak Shikandar, P.S.- Tajpur, District- Samastipur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sarai Ranjan P.S. Case No. 165/2023 vide S.T. No. 275/2024 dated 26.05.2023 registered for the offence punishable u/s 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, three unknown miscreants are alleged to have looted Rs. 2,32,540/- from Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank, Khalispur on the point of pistol. Further, they also took away DVR of C.C.T.V. camera.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50990 of 2024(2) dt.07-08-2024 2/2 this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused, Nishant Kumar Sahni. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 01.08.2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Samastipur in connection with Sarai Ranjan P.S. Case No. 165/2023 vide S.T. No. 275/2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T