Awadhesh Jha v. State Of Bihar And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.39503 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -157 Year- 2013 Thana -RUNISAIDPUR District- SITAMARHI ====================================================== Awadhesh Jha Son of Late Lateshwar Jha, resident of Adarsh Nagar, Rajopatti, Ward No. 26, P.S. - Sitamarhi, District - Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

1. The State of Bihar

2. Chanda Devi, wife of Arun Paswan, resident of Ward No.-7, P.S.- Runnisaidpur, District- Sitamarhi.

.... .... Opposite Parties ====================================================== with Criminal Miscellaneous No.6968 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -157 Year- 2013 Thana -RUNISAIDPUR District- SITAMARHI ====================================================== Jagdish Raut S/o Late Kishori Raut resident of village - Chandi Rajwara, P.S.- Bela, District - Sitamarhi.

.... .... Petitioner

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The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

(In Cr.Misc. No.39503 of 2014) For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashhar Mustafa, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Shankar Das, Spl. P.P. Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Advocate (In Cr.Misc. No.6968 of 2015) For the Petitioner : Mr. Anil Chandra, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ram Shankar Das, Spl. P.P. Mr. Sadanand Paswan, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE RAVI RANJAN ORAL ORDER 13-03-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.39503 of 2014 (2) dt.13-03-2015 2/2 406, 467, 468, 471, 323, 504 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3(i)(x) of SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners are not named in the First Information Report and allegation of extracting money is on Devendra Prasad Yadav who has already been granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court dated 24.06.2014 passed in Cr. Misc. No.17978 of 2014 and to deposit a sum of Rs.45,000/- in the court below. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the abovenamed petitioners, namely, Awadhesh Jha and Jagdish Raut, be released on bail in the event of arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from today in Runnisaidpur P.S. Case No.

157 of 2013 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand Rupees) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi, subject to the conditions laid down under sub-section (2) of Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J) N.H.