Patna High CourtCR. MISC./34965/2017bail granted

Mritunjay Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

2017-08-04Mr. Justice Vinod Kumar Sinha2 pages

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34965 of 2017 (2) dt.04-08-2017

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.34965 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -16 Year- 2017 Thana -PAKRIDAYAL DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ======================================================

1. Mritunjay Thakur Son of Anil Thakur, R/o Village- Phulwaria, P.S.- Phenhara, District- East Champaran at Motihari. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Shanker Pankaj For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Satyendra Narayan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 04-08-2017 The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Pakridayal P.S. Case No. 16 of 2017, registered for offences punishable under Sections 387, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code. As per the prosecution case, Rs. 30 lac was demanded from the informant as extortion by someone through his mobile introducing himself as Shiv Shankar Sharma, president of New Ranvir Sena and threatened with dire consequences in case of not coughing up the demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has no concern with the aforesaid Shiv Shankar Sharma. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. There is nothing in the case diary to indicate his complicity in the occurrence. The petitioner has been languishing in custody since 27.04.2017 Heard learned A.P.P. also.

Having heard both sides, in view of the above facts, let

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34965 of 2017 (2) dt.04-08-2017 the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000 (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM -V, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Pakridayal P.S. Case No. 16 of 2017, subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be a local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned Court.

(ii) The petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(iii) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court and on the event of failure on his part to appear before the court below on two consecutive dates without showing any genuine reasons, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail.

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