Santosh Kumar Singh @ Santosh Kr Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1847 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-153 Year-2020 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== SANTOSH KUMAR SINGH @ SANTOSH KR SINGH Son of Late Lal Bahadur Singh Resident of Village- Barna, P.S.- Bikramganj, District- Rohtas at Sasaram.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mrs. Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 08-07-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through virtual mode.

Counsel for the petitioner is directed to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, within a period of four weeks from the date of restoration of normalcy.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 379, 414 of the Indian Penal Code. Allegation is that the accused persons looted the mobile of the informant.

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. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the confessional statement of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1847 of 2021(2) dt.08-07-2021 2/2 co-accused. Except for this, there is no other substantive evidence to suggest the implication of the petitioner in this case. No stolen property has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the complaint case/F.I.R.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and also the lockdown, the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of twelve weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Bikramganj P.S. case No.153 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of eight weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with the aforesaid case.

(Sudhir Singh, J) Narendra/- U T