Ravikant @ Ravikant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7743 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-441 Year-2019 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== RAVIKANT @ RAVIKANT KUMAR, Son of Vinod Choudhary, Resident of Village - English, P.S. Lakhisarai, District - Lakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Satendra Narayan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 03-09-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual Court proceedings. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation against the petitioner alongwith other accused persons is said to have killed the widow lady and hanged her.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that out of four accused persons, one has been granted regular bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 06.02.2020 passed in Cr. Misc. No.67045/2019 and two accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7743 of 2021(3) dt.03-09-2021 2/3 dated 19.01.2021 passed in Cr. Misc. no. 27532/2020. The petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 21.09.2020. The petitioner has got no criminal antecedent which is mentioned in para 3 of the bail petition.

Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for bail application.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 441/2019 to the satisfaction of learned Court below where the case is pending/ successor Court; subject to the following conditions:

(1) that one of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner, who will be given an affidavit giving genealogy as to how he is related with the petitioner. He will also undertake to inform the Court if there is any change in the address of the petitioner.

(2) that the bailor shall also state on affidavit that he will inform the Court concerned if the petitioner is implicated in any other case of similar nature after his release in the present case and thereafter the Court below will be at liberty to initiate

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7743 of 2021(3) dt.03-09-2021 3/3 proceeding for cancellation of bail on the ground of misuse.

(3) that the petitioner will be well represented on each and every date fixed in the case and if he fails to do so on two consecutive dates his bail bond will be liable to be cancelled.

(4) that the petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation, if not already concluded and make himself available as and when so required and in case of failure, the State shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) amitkumar/- U T