Ram Kishor Sharma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35512 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-865 Year-2022 Thana- JAHANABAD District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Ram Kishor Sharma Son of Ram Nath Sharma Resident of Mohalla- Adarsh Nagar Jehanabad, PS- Jehanabad, District- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shivendra Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 26-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 370(A)/34 of the Indian Penal Code, sections 3, 4, 5, 6 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act and Section 8 of the POCSO Act. As per prosecution case, the informant being a police official, after receiving a secret information of immoral trafficking, raided the Omkara rest house and Sheo Satya rest house in which petitioner was working in the capacity of receptionist. It is alleged that some boys and girls including this petitioner were found in compromising condition from the aforesaid rest house and several objectionable items were recovered from the room allotted to them.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35512 of 2023(2) dt.26-06-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner is not the owner with the rest house rather he was simple a receptionist and do the work of entry of the customers. Moreover, similarly situated co-accused Rohit Raj has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 9.2.2023 in Cr. Misc. No. 69392 of 2022. It is further submitted that the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 26.4.2023.

Learned APP appearing for the state has opposed the prayer of regular bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be released on bail in connection with Jehanabad Nagar P.S. Case No. 865 of 2022 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Jehanabad. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) sushma/- U