Lallan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44609 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-33 Year-2024 Thana- AGRER District- Rohtas ====================================================== Lallan Singh S/o Late Param Singh R/o Village Karan Sarai, P.S.- Sasaram Town, Dist. - Rohtas.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajani Kant Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Satya Nand Shukla, APP Mr. Shashikant, Adv.

Mr. Surendra Kumar Mishra, Adv.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Agrer P.S. Case No. 33 of 2024 registered under Sections 379, 406, 419, 420 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that petitioner was local transport agent who provided the truck bearing registration no. UP27-AT-0557 on 20.03.2024 to informant for loading rice, over which rice of Rs. 9,00,136/- was loaded at Jay Bajrang Mini Rice Mill, Nekara, and Rs. 15,000/- was given advance as rent of truck, but till 26.03.2024 the truck loaded with rice was not reached at Maharana Pratap Industries, Uttarakhand.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44609 of 2024(4) dt.26-09-2024 2/2 submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to ulterior motive. Further submission is that petitioner being the truck agent provided the truck in question to informant for transporting the rice. Petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the vehicle in question and he has got no concern with the stolen rice. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned counsels for State and informant opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of eight weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate-I, Sasaram, Rohtas in connection with Agrer P.S. Case No. 33 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) utkarsh/- U T