Devendra Kumar Yadav v. State Of Bihar And ANR
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.56302 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -79 Year- 2014 Thana -KATEYA District- GOPALGANJ ====================================================== Devendra Kumar Yadav, son of Rambahal Yadav, Village-Tirlokwa, P.S.- Kateya, District-Gopalganj, Bihar .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar & Anr .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinay Mistry For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Asha Kumari(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-12-2015 Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 135 of the Electricity Act. The accusation is of consumption of electricity energy unauthorizedly. The loss has been calculated to the tune of Rs. 1,80,472/-.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that due to illegal disconnection and lodging of the F.I.R the petitioner has suffered huge loss and has filed a case before the Consumer Forum against the North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited.
In the circumstance, the petitioner is ready to deposit 25% of the loss calculated amount within a period of three months.
Considering the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.56302 of 2015 (2) dt.11-12-2015 2/2 before the Court below within a period of 12 weeks from today, be released on provisional anticipatory bail for three months on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj in connection with Kateya P.S. Case No. 79 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
The provisional bail of the petitioner will be confirmed by learned Court below, if petitioner deposits 25% of the loss calculated amount within a period of three months. (Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Shageer/- U T