Niraj Singh @ Neeraj Singh v. The State Of Bihar

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28908 of 2014 (03) dt.23-03-2015

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.28908 of 2014 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2089 Year- 2013 Thana -EAST CHAMPARAN COMPLAINT District- EASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Niraj Singh @ Neeraj Singh .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Umesh Chandra Verma For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tiwary No.1 (A.P.P.) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR TRIVEDI ORAL ORDER 23-03-2015 A Vakalatnama has been filed on behalf of complainant's lawyer, which is taken on record Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Additional Public Prosecutor assisted by learned counsel for the complainant.

Petitioner, who has got chequered history, at an earlier occasion, indulged in criminal activity against his covillager Amrendra Singh, wherein complainant stood as a witness. Petitioner was apprehended and subsequently thereof, after having bailed out, threatened the complainant to pay Rs.2,00,000/- within 15 days, failing which he will be murdered.

Contention on behalf of petitioner is that his mother happens to be local Mukhiya and on account of political rivalry, he is being implicated in case after case.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28908 of 2014 (03) dt.23-03-2015 On the other hand, learned counsel representing the complainant along with learned Additional Public Prosecutor submitted that petitioner does not deserve the anticipatory bail in the background of nature of allegation coupled with criminal antecedent which itself being disclosed by the petitioner under Para-3 of the petition.

Admittedly, not a single farthing has passed. Furthermore, petitioner undertakes to take proper safety of the complainant at his end. In the aforesaid background, petitioner is well advised to surrender before the learned lower Court with such undertaking and in case, so tendered, the learned lower Court will consider the same favourably along with the fact that not a single farthing has passed.

With the aforesaid observation, instant petition is disposed of.

(Aditya Kumar Trivedi, J) Vikash/- U T