Dipak Jha @ Dipak Kumar Jha @ Deepak Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43854 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-116 Year-2024 Thana- PUPRI District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Dipak Jha @ Dipak Kumar Jha @ Deepak Kumar Jha S/O Vidyanand Jha R/O Village-Hardiya, P.S.-Pupri, Distt-Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate Mr. Saurav Anand, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Pramod Kr. Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-07-2024 Heard learned counsels for the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 354B, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 of the Information and Technology Act.
3. As per prosecution case, there is allegation against this petitioner that from his mobile number, threat was given to daughter of informant.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that from bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that specific accusation of making video of daughter of informant is against co-accused Rohit Jha, who has already been granted bail by learned trial court. It is further submitted that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43854 of 2024(2) dt.24-07-2024 2/2 petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and he has been made an accused in this case merely because he happens to be owner of mobile number bearing No. 7991158967, from which no call was picked either by the informant or his daughter. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 S.D.J.M., Pupri at Sitamarhi, in connection with Pupri P.S. Case No. 116 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T