Ashok Prajapati v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.50293 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -225 Year- 2015 Thana -SHERGHATI District- GAYA ======================================================

1. Ashok Prajapati Son of Rajendra Prajapati Resident of village - Cherkidih, P.S. Sherghati, District - Gaya .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. D.P.Tiwary(App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA MOHAN SHARMA ORAL ORDER 02-03-2016 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned A.P.P for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in a case for the offences punishable under sections 302 and 201/34 of the I.P.C Allegedly, the petitioner and co-accused Awadh Mistry went with Jitendra Nath Thakur, they took drink at the house of Barhan Bhuiya @ Pagla and thereafter the dead body was found in Yamuna river near the Middle School, Cherki. On the dead body there was sign of assault and abrasion. Submission is of false implication and that there is no eye witness of the occurrence, only on suspicion the petitioner has been implicated, the deceased was coming back from Naya Bigha alone in drunken condition and it appears that he fell into the river

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.50293 of 2015 (4) dt.02-03-2016 2/2 and died due to drowning, he was not returning with the petitioner, during postmortem examination no external injury has been found on the body of the deceased and without any Forensic Science Laboratory report charge sheet has been submitted resulting the petitioner is suffering in custody since 15.09.2015. The learned A.P.P. opposes prayer for bail.

In the facts and circumstances as stated above, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of S.D.J.M. Gaya in Sherghati P.S. Case No. 225 of 2015, subject to the conditions that one of the bailors must be a near relative and another having sufficient immovable property within the territorial jurisdiction of the court concerned and the petitioner shall remain present on each and every date during trial and the default on two consecutive dates on his part without any reason shall disentitle the petitioner from privilege of bail.

(Jitendra Mohan Sharma, J) Abhay/- U T