Prince Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32497 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-37 Year-2021 Thana- DARPA District- East Champaran ====================================================== PRINCE KUMAR S/o Manoj Singh R/o village- Bhaluwahiya, P.S.- Adapur, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 29-06-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner has renewed his prayer for bail after the same was rejected vide order dated 25.01.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 48362 of 2021.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that subsequent to rejection of prayer for bail of the present petitioner, co-accused Chhotu Kumar and Bittu Singh have been granted bail by order dated 27.01.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 49000 of 2021 and by order dated 27.01.2022 in Cr. Misc. No. 49243 of 2021 respectively. It is next submitted that charges against the petitioner have been framed on 04.04.2022 and the petitioner has remained in custody since 18.06.2021 and has antecedent of one case.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32497 of 2022(2) dt.29-06-2022 2/2 Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the co-accused who have been granted bail, from them no recovery was made but as far as this petitioner is concerned, during the course of investigation it has come that an amount of Rs. 1,82,000/- was recovered from his house out of the looted money.

Learned counsel for the petitioner rebuts the submission of the learned A.P.P. and submits that petitioner has remained in custody for nearly more than a year, charges have been framed and the petitioner will not abscond. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the fact that the co-accused have been granted bail, let the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Darpa P.S. Case No. 37 of 2021 with a condition that one of the bailors of the petitioner shall be father, Manoj Singh.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T