Vikram Mandal @ Vikram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39780 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-229 Year-2020 Thana- PANDAUL District- Madhubani ====================================================== Vikram Mandal @ Vikram Son of Raju Mandal Resident of village - Viraul, P.S. - Pandaul, Distt. - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Prakash Mr. Gagan Deo Yadav Mr. Vinod Kumar Mr. Udeshya Kumar Yadav For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Choubey Jawahar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 08-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 504, 506 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code. Later on Section 302 of the IPC was added. The allegation against the petitioner along with other accused is of assaulting the informant and his family members by means of lathi-danda, Axe and Farsa due to which they sustained injury.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has falsely been implicated in the present case due to previous enmity and village politics. The F.I.R. has been lodged after the delay of two

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39780 of 2023(3) dt.08-08-2023 2/2 days. No specific overt-act of assaulting to the deceased is against the petitioner rather the allegation levelled agaisnt him is general and omnibus in nature. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Similarly situated other accused namely Vijay Kumar Mandal has already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 17.07.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19241 of 2023. It is also submitted that petitioner has voluntarily surrendered on 19.04.2023 and since then he is languishing in judicial custody.

Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for Bail.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Pandaul P.S. Case No. 229 of 2020 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Madhubani.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) lata/- U T