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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./58653/2021bail granted

Birendra Singh @ Bhopal Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2022-04-12Mr. Justice Rajiv Roy3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58653 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-161 Year-2021 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ====================================================== BIRENDRA SINGH @ BHOPAL SINGH Son of Kaleshwar Singh Resident of Village - Daniyalpur Ward no.9, P.S.- Teghra, Distt.- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mohit Shriwastava, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nitya Nand Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 12-04-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The petitioner is an accused in connection with Teghra P.S. Case No. 161 of 2021 (G.R. No. 1476/2021) registered under Section 25(1-b) a/26 of the Arms Act. As per the prosecution case, the police raided the maize field of the petitioner and upon search made in his presence, four countrymade pistols and eight cartridges have been recovered beside three misfired cartridges. It is under these circumstances that the present FIR came to be lodged and the petitioner finally came into the judicial custody on 16th of May, 2021.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that recovered articles are from an open field whose ownership is questionable. There is no independent witness and he is in jail

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58653 of 2021(2) dt.12-04-2022 2/3 since 16th of May, 2021. However, he concedes that he has some criminal antecedent and there are cases lodged against him. Taking into account the aforesaid facts, let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Teghra P.S. Case No. 161 of 2021 (G.R. No. 1476 of 2021).

However, as the petitioner has criminal antecedent, the following conditions are imposed while releasing him on bail.

(i) one of the bailor should be the family member of the petitioner, who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;

(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reasons will entail his cancellation of bail by the Trial Court itself;

(iii) he shall appear before the concerned police station every fortnight for next six months to mark his presence; (iv) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall take steps

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58653 of 2021(2) dt.12-04-2022 3/3 for cancellation of his bail bond.

With the aforesaid observations, the bail application is allowed.

(Rajiv Roy, J) Jagdish/- U T