Jai Mangal Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No. 34625 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -277 Year- 2015 Thana -SHEOHAR District- SHEOHAR ====================================================== Jai Mangal Jha son of Jaibhadra Jha, resident of village- Dostiya, P.S.- Purnahiya, District- Sheohar .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Dr. Amrendra Kumar Mr. Md. Anisur Rahman For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Anurag Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2.

20-08-2016 Heard Dr. Amrendra Kumar, learned counsel, who was assisted by Mr. Md. Anisur Rahman, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ram Anurag Singh, learned Addl. Public Prosecutor.

The petitioner, who was remanded in this case on 18-05-2016 from another case, has prayed for grant of bail in Sheohar P.S. Case No. 277 of 2015 registered for the offence under Section 387 of the Indian Penal Code.

It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that save and except confessional statement of one of the coaccused, there is no material to connect the petitioner. He submits that all those facts were noticed by the learned Sessions Judge, Sheohar, while rejecting the prayer for bail.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34625 of 2016 (2) dt.20-08-2016 2/2 Learned Addl. Public Prosecutor has opposed the prayer for bail.

However, after going through the materials on record, it appears that petitioner has been remanded on the basis of confession of co-accused.

Accordingly, let the petitioner namely Jai Mangal Jha be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in connection with Sheohar P.S. Case No. 277 of 2015, with a condition that one of the bailor must be blood relation of the petitioner and secondly, during the trial on each and every date, the petitioner shall remain physically present. If continuously on two dates, the petitioner fails to appear before the court below, without prior permission of the trial court, his bail-bond shall stand automatically cancelled.

(Rakesh Kumar, J.) Anay U T