Naveen Thakur @ Naveen Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL APPEAL (SJ) No.2458 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-795 Year-2023 Thana- PATRAKARNAGAR District- Patna ====================================================== Naveen Thakur @ Naveen Kumar Son Of Lal Babu Thakur R/O - MohallaMunna Chak, P.S- Patrakar Nagar, Dist- Patna ... ... Appellant/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar BIHAR 2.
Rani Kumari D/O- Chandradev Paswan R/O- Mohalla -MUNNA Chak, Bank Mens Colony, P.S- Patrakar Nagar, Dist- Patna ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Appellant/s :
Mr.Ravi Raj For the Respondent/s :
Mr.Sadanand Paswan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-06-2024 1.
Heard learned counsel for the appellant and learned Spl. P.P. for the State, Mr. Sadanand Paswan. 2.
The learned counsel for the appellant, at the outset, submits that that there is a delay of 42 days in filing the appeal for which IA No. 1 of 2024 has been filed.
3.
In view of the grounds taken in the limitation application, the delay is condoned in filing the appeal. 4.
The IA No. 1 of 2024 is allowed.
5.
This is an appeal under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the "SC/ST Act") against the refusal of prayer for anticipatory bail vide order dated 3-1-2024 in A.B.P. No. 11331 of 2023 passed by the learned Exclusive Special
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2458 of 2024(2) dt.21-06-2024 2/3 Judge S.C./S.T., Patna in connection with Patrakar Nagar P.S. Case No. 795 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 379, 504, 506, 427 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Sections 3(1)(r)(s)/3(2)(va) of the SC/ST (P.O.A) Act.
6.
Learned counsel for the appellant submits that the appellant is a person with clean antecedent and has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that informant alleges that on 20-10-2023 at about 10:00 pm near Rajanendra Nagar Terminal, the accused persons including the appellant along with unknown accused came and assaulted her brother Vishal and also snatched Rs. 2,300/- which she had earned through driving Auto.
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The learned counsel submits that allegation of assault is general and omnibus in nature. It is further submitted that earlier a dispute had arisen in between Vishal Kumar and his brother Deepak Kumar on one side with the named accused persons of this case and one Devendra Rai for which a written complaint was filed from the side of the appellant before the Patakarnagar police station, but then the matter was compromised. Thereafter, the instant false case came to be instituted. It is next submitted that the injured has suffered simple injury. 8.
The learned Spl. PP submits that similarly situated
Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2458 of 2024(2) dt.21-06-2024 3/3 co-accused Ashish Chandra Yadav @ Satyendra Yadav had approached this court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Appeal (SJ) No. 465 of 2024, but the same was rejected by an order dated 6-5-2024 on which the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the appellant submits that Ashish Chandra Yadav withdrew his appeal as he had not approached the court with clean hands as he had concealed criminal antecedent. 9.
Considering the aforesaid facts, let the appellant above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 5,000/- (Rupees Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with the aforesaid case, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
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Accordingly, the impugned order dated 3-1-2024 is set aside and the appeal stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) SUMIT/- U T