Lukhra @ Prem Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.34058 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -278 Year- 2013 Thana -TEGHRA District- BEGUSARAI ====================================================== Lukhra @ Prem Singh, S/o Ram Nandan Singh, resident of villageMadhurapur Dakshinbari Tola, P.S. Teghra, District-Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bhaskar Shankar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pushpa Sinha (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 02-03-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
The petitioner is in custody since 5-5-2014 in connection with Teghra P.S. Case No. 243/2013.
It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the allegation against the petitioner is that he participated in an occurrence which took place leading to the murder of one Arun Singh, father of the informant Rahul Kumar. It is submitted that though in the F.I.R. the said Rahul Kumar has claimed himself to be an eye-witness to the ghastly murder of his father, yet on perusal of the case diary it is evident that the informant was informed by other co-villagers and it was only subsequently that
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.34058 of 2014 (3) dt.02-03-2015 2 / 2 he came to the place of occurrence. It is further submitted that this petitioner Lukhra @ Prem Singh has no role to play, if the F.I.R. is taken on its face value. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no criminal history.
Considering the aforementioned submission and also the fact that there is no specific allegation against this petitioner and he has been in custody for almost ten months, let the petitioner Lukhra @ Prem Singh be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai, in connection with Teghra P.S. Case No. 278/2013. B.Roy/- (Anjana Mishra, J) U