Santosh Yadav @ Santosh Doctor v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.15570 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -18 Year- 2013 Thana -PALANWA DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Santosh Yadav @ Santosh Doctor Son of Late Pundeo Prasad Yadav Resident of Village - Nayak Tola, P.S. - Harpur, District - East Champaran. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s Mr. Ram Chandra Singh(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 19-04-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the informant as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Petitioner is not named in the first information report but from perusal of the impugned order, I find that the name of petitioenr came in confessional statement of co-accused Abbas Mian and ,subsequently, some witnesses claimed to have seen the petitioner fleeing away from the place of occurrence. Co-accused Abbas Mian has already been granted privilege of bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 27.03.2014 passed in Cr. Misc.No. 40327 of 2013. Moreover, petitioner is in jail custody since 03.01.2016 and he does not have any criminal

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.15570 of 2016 (2) dt.19-04-2016 2/2 antecedent.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of SubDivisional Judicial Magistrate, Raxaul at Motihari in connection with Palanwa P.S.Case No.18 of 2013.

(Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) N.K/- U T