Ranjeet Koda v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4443 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-61 Year-2018 Thana- KAJRA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== RANJEET KODA SON OF SITARAM KODA RESIDENT OF VILLAGEGHOGHAR GHATI, P.S-KAJRA, DISTRICT-LAKHISARAI ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Md. Irshad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar Singh no. 5, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 07-04-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kajra P.S. Case no. 61 of 2018 registered under section 307 and other sections of the Indian Penal Code, section 27 of the Arms Act and sections 16, 17, 18, 20 and 23 of the UAP Act.
As per allegation in the FIR, the 56 named accused persons including the petitioner herein as also 22 to 25 others are stated to have gathered for giving effect to an occurrence. On receiving information the informant and others reached the forest. It is stated that on seeing the armed forces the accused persons started to fire. The armed forces took shelter and somehow saved themselves while the accused persons managed to flee away taking benefit of the dense forest. Live cartridges, detonator etc were recovered.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. The
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4443 of 2021(3) dt.07-04-2021 2/2 entire allegations are false and concocted. No detail has been provided as to how the informant came to know about the name of the 56 accused persons. The case of the petitioner stands on a similar footing to that of co-accused Kedar Kumar and Suresh Yadav who have been enlarged on bail vide orders which are Annexure 2 series to the petition. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and is in custody since 8.8.2020.
The application for bail is opposed by learned counsel for the State.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegation together with the period in custody, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Kajra P.S. Case no. 61 of 2018 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Lakhisarai.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U