Jawahar Baitha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.45 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -49 Year- 2015 Thana -PATAHI DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Jawahar Baitha .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Uday Chandra Prasad (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 05-01-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Petitioner is not named in the first informant report but from perusal of impugned order, it would appear that the name of this petitioner surfaced in course of investigation, when some witnesses expressed their suspicion against petitioner and others and also claimed that they had seen the petitioner and others near the place of occurrence.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that having more or less similar allegation, one co-accused namely, Ratnesh Mahto has already been granted privilege of bail by this court by order dated 18-09-2015 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 42698 of 2015. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as submissions of the parties, let the petitioner named

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.45 of 2016 (2) dt.05-01-2016 2/2 above, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 49 of 2015 to the satisfaction of Sri Prrahalad Kumar, learned Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran.

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