Pintu @ Ajeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48381 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2024 Thana- KHAGAUL District- Patna ====================================================== Pintu @ Ajeet Kumar Son of Sipahi Roy R/O VILL-MADHOPUR, JAMUNIYA TOLA, PS-MANER, DIST-PATNA ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 51139 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2024 Thana- KHAGAUL District- Patna ====================================================== NAVEEN KUMAR @ NAVIN KUMAR SON OF LAL BABU PRASAD RESIDENT OF VIDLLAGE- BHARMPUR, P.S.- DHANARUA, DISTT.- PATNA ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 48381 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Adv, Ms. Soni Shrivastava, Adv.
Mr. Dineshwar Pandey, Adv.
Mr. Shashank Shekhar Dubey, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Umesha, APP (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 51139 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Kumar Kaushik For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Chandra Sen Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Khagaul P.S. Case No.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48381 of 2024(2) dt.01-08-2024 2/3 62 of 2024 dated 23.02.2024 registered for the offences punishable under sections 341, 363, 370, 372 and 120B read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 75, 80 and 81 of the J.J. Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, on secret information, police intercepted a car and a motorcycle and recovered a newly born child from the possession of the co-accused Usha Devi who was sitting in the car and the petitioner was sitting on the motorcycle. On interrogation, the co-accused Usha Devi said that she had taken the said child from the co-accused Dr. Permanant Kumar, Proprietor of Manipal Emergency Hospital, Agamkuan, Patna and was going to deliver the same to another person. It is alleged that the petitioner and the co-accused persons were involved in the business of child trafficking.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The said newly born child was recovered from the possession of the co-accused Usha Devi. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioners. The similarly situated co-accused has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 15.05.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 34887 of 2024. The petitioners have clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48381 of 2024(2) dt.01-08-2024 3/3 bail petition. The petitioner, Pintu @ Ajeet Kumar is in custody since 07.06.2024 and the petitioner Naveen Kumar @ Navin Kumar is in custody since 29.02.2024
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioners.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, Danapur, Patna in connection with Khagaul P.S. Case No. 62 of 2024.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T