Guddu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54100 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-291 Year-2022 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Guddu Kumar Son of Lal Bahadur Yadav @ Bahadur R/O Vill.- Ghuraha, P.s.- Wazirganj, Dist.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Shatabdi Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Abhay Kumar Roy ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-08-2024

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 332, 353, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code & Section 135 of Electricity Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a young boy aged about 19 years. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is a case of electricity theft and the thrust of the allegation is against Ramanuj Singh @ Anuj Singh and the petitioner came to be implicated being his neighbour, as it is alleged that the officials of the electricity company were assaulted by the accused persons. It is further submitted that Ramanuj Singh @ Anuj Singh had approached this court

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.54100 of 2024(2) dt.09-08-2024 2/2 seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.26881/2024 and the same was allowed by an order dated 16.05.2024, as Ramanuj Singh had agreed to file an appeal after depositing an amount of Rs.1,98, 000/- on or before 06.06.2024. It is next submitted that since the thrust of the allegation is against Ramanuj Singh, no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioner to jail.

4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No.291/2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T