Rakesh Kumar @ Rajesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37298 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-313 Year-2021 Thana- RAJAOLI District- Nawada ====================================================== RAKESH KUMAR @ RAJESH KUMAR SON OF PARO CHAUDHARY @ PRAKASH CHOUDHARY R/O VILLAGE- BALIYA, P.S.- RAJAULI, DISTRICT- NAWADA ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 01-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 353, 447 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that the accused persons, including the petitioner, along with 30-40 unknown accused persons entered the Power SubStation, Rajauli and damaged the articles, as detailed in the FIR, on account of which electricity remained suspended for one and a half hours causing loss of revenue of Rs. 2 lakh to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37298 of 2022(2) dt.01-12-2022 2/2 Electricity Department.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that one person on account of electrocution had died, on account of which there was a protest made by the villagers, it is also submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rajauli P.S. Case No. 313 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Shivam/- U T