Pawan Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.408 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-90 Year-2020 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== 1.

SANTOSH @ SANTOSH CHAURASIA, (Male), aged about 40 years, Son of Dhuran Chaurasia, Resident of Village - Purania, P.S.- Manjhagarh, Distt.- Gopalganj.

2.

MANTOSH @ MANTOSH CHAURASIA, (Male), aged about 35 years, Son of Dhuran Chaurasia, Resident of Village - Purania, P.S.- Manjhagarh, Distt.- Gopalganj.

... ... Petitioners

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioners :

Mr.Ashish Giri, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr.A.G.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-06-2021 Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to remove the defects, as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks from the date of restoration of normalcy. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State through Virtual mode.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 304(B) and 201/34 of the I.P.C.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the accused persons including the petitioners killed the victim due to non-

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It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioners. The petitioners have been made accused in the present case due to mistake of fact. The petitioners are the co-villagers of the husband of the deceased. They have got no concern with the alleged occurrence.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioners are named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on their personal bond to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M. Gopalganj, in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 90 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioners shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-(Rupees Ten Thousand) only each with two sureties of the like amount each within a period

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(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T