Karan Mahto @ Karan Kumar @ Prithwi Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.1809 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2015 Thana- MOHAMMADPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== KARAN MAHTO @ KARAN KUMAR @ PRITHWI KUMAR S/o Ranjit Mahto Resident of Mohalla-Dan tola, ward no.6, P.S.-Khagaria, DistrictKhagaria. ... ... Appellant/s

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The State of Bihar ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr.Manoj Kumar Singh For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Vinay Krishna, Special P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 27-11-2020 The present petition has been taken up for consideration through the mode of Video conferencing in view of the prevailing situation on account of COVID 19 Pandemic, requiring social distancing.

Heard the learned counsel appearing for the appellant and Shri Vinay Krishna, learned Special P.P. for the State. This is an appeal under Section 14A(2) of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 against the order dated 03.03.2020 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-1st, Gopalganj in Anticipatory Bail Petition No. 101 of 2020 arising out of Mahammadpur P.S. Case No. 147 of 2015, registered under Sections 341, 323. 379, 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(II) (r) (s)

Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.1809 of 2020(2) dt.27-11-2020 2/2 of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, whereby and whereunder the prayer of the appellant for grant of anticipatory bail has been refused. At the outset, the learned counsel for the appellant seek to withdraw the present petition in order to enable the appellant herein to surrender before the learned court below and seek regular bail.

Accordingly, the present appeal stands disposed off as withdrawn, however, with liberty to the appellant to surrender before the learned court below and pray for regular bail and in case the appellant surrender before the learned court of Additional Sessions Judge-1st, Gopalganj in connection with Mahammadpur P.S. Case No. 147 of 2020, within a period of four weeks from today, the learned court below shall consider the prayer of the appellant for grant of regular bail and pass orders upon the same on merits, on the very same day. (Mohit Kumar Shah, J) S.Sb/- U T