Udanyan Chandra Roy @ Udayan Rai @ Uday Chandra Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35171 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2019 Thana- KOTWALI District- Patna ====================================================== UDANYAN CHANDRA ROY @ UDAYAN RAI @ UDAY CHANDRA RAI Son of Late Ram Narayan Roy Resident of Dariyapur Gola, P.S.-Kadam Kuan, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravindra Kumar @ Ravindra Kr Rai For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Priya Sharan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 29-05-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is languishing in custody since 27.02.2019 in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 417, 418, 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 290, 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66B, 66C and 66D, 66H of the I.T. Act.

The prosecution case got initiated on the basis of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35171 of 2019(2) dt.29-05-2019 2/3 written report of Radhe Shyam Singh, A.S.I. submitted before the Station House Officer, Kotwali Police Station is to the effect that on 25.02.2018 at 6.10 P.M., on the occasion of procession of a political party, a rumor about a big bomb explosion went viral on the social media. It is further alleged that during investigation, the informant went and arrested the petitioner and from his possession two mobile phones and two identity cards of different persons through which the messages were being spread were recovered.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has maliciously been framed in the present case and the investigation has already been concluded. A statement has been made in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent. Learned APP for the State submits that the petitioner tried to spread rumor on social media.

Considering the fact that the investigation has already been concluded, coupled with statement made in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35171 of 2019(2) dt.29-05-2019 3/3 satisfaction of learned CJM, Patna in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 167 of 2019.

However, the learned Court below will be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner, if he defaults for three consecutive occasions or subsequently gets involved in similar nature of offence.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T