Sandip Kumar @ Sanni Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35460 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-168 Year-2023 Thana- SHEIKHOPUR SARAI DistrictSheikhpura ====================================================== Sandip Kumar @ Sanni Kumar S/O Arun Kumar R/O VILLAGE- PESAUR, P.S.- RAHUI, DIST- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Samir Kumar Sinha, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-07-2024 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 Shekhopur Sarai P.S. Case No. 168 of 2023 dated 02.09.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/s 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471,120B read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, during patrolling duty, the informant searched a Maruti alto car where he found some cash and mobile phone containing documents of EMIS. It is alleged that the petitioner & the co-accused persons used to commit cyber crime by forming an organized gang through fake SIM, and the petitioner is active member of this gang.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a retired government employee and he has been made accused in this case only because of he is the owner of the said vehicle but the said vehicle was not being driven by the petitioner at the time of the alleged occurrence. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Similarly situated coaccused has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate bench of this court vide order dated 20.02.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 74150 of 2023. The petitioner has two criminal antecedents as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 21.02.2024.
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 nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner and the period of custody, the petitioner above-named, 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, Sheikhpura in connection with Shekhopur Sarai P.S. Case No. 168 of 2023.
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7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T