Chitranjan Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.56034 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-179 Year-2018 Thana- SAHPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Chitranjan Pandey S/o Uma Shankar Pandey R/o Village + P.S. - Shahpur, District - Bhojpur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sheo Jee Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 27-11-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 386, 387, 307 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.

The prosecution case, in brief, is that while the informant having received secret information, reached at the place of occurrence, he saw assemblage of some people. It was in discussion that the accused persons had come to demand ransom. Three round firing are alleged to have been made. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. He has been falsely implicated in this case at the instance of local

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.56034 of 2018(3) dt.27-11-2018 2/2 Chowkidar who is Bataidar of father of the petitioner. The petitioner is a student of intermediate.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R. The local residents, present at the place of occurrence, had also taken name of the petitioner and the petitioner is said to have been identified in CCTV footage. This fact has come in paragraph-6 of the case diary. The petitioner and others are alleged to have demanded rangdari from the victim.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner in connection with Shahpur P.S. Case No. 179 of 2018 is rejected. If the petitioner surrenders in the court below and seeks regular bail, the same shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced by this order.

(Sudhir Singh, J) A.K.V.//- U T