Kartik Thakur @ Kartikeshwar Kumar @ Kartikeshwar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.29362 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-60 Year-2017 Thana- SAHARGHAT District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.

Kartik Thakur @ Kartikeshwar Kumar @ Kartikeshwar S/O Ram Kumar Thakur Resident Of Village-Bengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani. 2.

Belai Yadav @ Pawan Yadav @ Belai S/o Rati Lal Yadav Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani. 3.

Guru Deo Yadav @ Guru Deo Kumar S/o Belai Yadav Resident of VillageBengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani. 4.

Simmedar Sah @ Jamindar Sah @ Jimdar Sah S/o Late Chhote Sah Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani. 5.

Ratan Das S/o Late Bal Deo Das Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.- Saharghat, District-Madhubani.

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Upendra Ram @ Upendra Rai S/o Baiju Ram Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani.

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Pappu Mandal S/o Samsher Mandal Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.- Saharghat, District-Madhubani.

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Pintu Mandal S/o Shamsher Mandal Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.- Saharghat, District-Madhubani.

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Ravindra Sah S/o Jaikaran Sah Resident of Village-Bengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani.

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Gulten Yadav @ Gulten @ Mahesh S/o Rati Lal Yadav Resident of VillageBengra, P.S.-Saharghat, District-Madhubani. ... ... Petitioners

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Prakash, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nirmal Kr.Sinha, Addl Public Prosecutor ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-12-2020 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State through video conferencing. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in Saharghat P.S. Case No. 60 of 2017, corresponding to G.R. No. 550 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29362 of 2020(2) dt.11-12-2020 2/3 2017, registered for the offence under Sections 143, 447, 114, 115, 353, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case is that due to death of Bhune Yadav due to electric short, U.D. Case No. 03 of 2017 was registered and after the post-mortem examination of deceased, the family members and other villagers put the dead-body on NH-75 and blocked the road and started demanding Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11147 of 2020(2) dt.18-06-2020 2/2 compensation. It is further alleged that they also abused police personnel and threatened to damage the vehicles. It is submitted on behalf of petitioners that there is general & omnibus allegation and no specific overt act against the petitioners. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent. It is further submitted that several similarly situated co-accused have already been granted anticipatory bail by different co-ordinate benches of this Court, vide order dated 03-09-2019 in Cr.Misc. No. 55837 of 2019, order dated 20-09-2019 in Cr.Misc. No. 59591 of 2019 and order dated 18.6.2020, passed in Cr.Mis.No. 11147/2020.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let all the ten above-named petitioners be enlarged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.29362 of 2020(2) dt.11-12-2020 3/3 on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Benipatti, District - Madhubani in connection with Saharghat P.S. Case No. 60 of 2017, corresponding to G.R. No. 550 of 2017, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T