Punit Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38242 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2016 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Punit Singh Son Of Late Badari Singh Resident Of Village- Hasanpur Bhadbas, P.S.- Mahua, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 08-03-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case no. 157 of 2016 registered under sections 302, 307, 147, 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act. As per allegation in the FIR, the 13 named accused persons including one Md. Firoj as also the petitioner herein are stated to have come variously armed in two vehicles and it is further stated that Ajay Rai fired from his rifle killing the son of the informant.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the allegations as levelled in the FIR are false and incorrect. However, even accepting the allegations in the FIR for the sake
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38242 of 2020(3) dt.08-03-2021 2/2 of argument, the specific allegation of firing is on Ajay Rai. The case of the petitioner stands on a similar footing to that of accused Md Firoj who has been enlarged on bail vide order dated 6.3.2020 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 73241 of 2019. The petitioner is in custody since 17.8.2020, charge sheet has been submitted in the case and he has no criminal antecedent. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the grant of bail to the co-accused as also submission of charge sheet in the instant case, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case no. 157 of 2016 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U