Prem Ranjan Verma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.54388 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -76 Year- 2016 Thana -KATIHAR MUFFASIL District- KATIHAR ======================================================
1. Prem Ranjan Verma Son of Sri Niraj Prasad Lal Resident of VillageBelwa, P.S. Mufassil, District- Katihar. .... .... Petitioner/s
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1. The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinay Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Rajballabh Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 31-10-2018 Heard the parties.
Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected by this Court, vide order dated 9.5.2017 passed in Cr. Misc. No.20789 of 2017. Allegation against the petitioner is of committing rape .
Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that FIR itself shows that she is a consenting party and aged about 19 years and now the petitioner has remained in custody for more than two years and the trial has not been concluded up till now.
Heard learned A.P.P. also and from perusal of the report it appears that out of five charge-sheeted witnesses three witnesses including the informant have been examined and notice
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.54388 of 2018 (3) dt.31-10-2018 2/2 has been issued for examination of the Doctor and the I.O. in this case and there is no chance of tampering with the evidence, as such the let the petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned CJM, Katihar in connection with Mufassil P.S.Case nO.76 of 2016 with condition that he will co-operate in disposal of the trial and will also appear as and when required by the learned court below; otherwise his bail bond shall be cancelled. At the same time the S.P., Katihar is directed to procure the appearance of the I.O. and the Doctor in this case so that the trial may be concluded as soon as possible. With the aforesaid observation, this application is allowed.
(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) chn/- U T