Vikash Kumar Jha @ Vikash Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.49777 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-100 Year-2019 Thana- MUZAFFARPUR SADAR DistrictMuzaffarpur ====================================================== Vikash Kumar Jha @ Vikash Jha Son Of Late Vijay Shankar Jha R/O VillageShahpur Pagra, P.S.- Dalsingh Sarai, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anju Kumari @ Anju Narain For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Gulnar Begum ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 11-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sadar (Muzaffarpur) P.S. Case No. 100 of 2019 registered under Sections 395 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code.

Prosecution case relates to dacoity in the office of Muthoot Finance Co. Ltd., from where two lakhs rupees kept in the counter and the gold kept in the strong room have stolen by the petitioner along with co-accused persons. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has falsely been implicated in this present case only on the basis of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.49777 of 2022(3) dt.11-01-2023 2/2 confessional statement of other co-accused persons. It is further submitted that petitioner is neither named in the F.I.R. nor he was arrested on spot. Neither the petitioner has been put on T.I.P. nor anything incriminating has been recovered from his conscious possession. Similarly situated several co-accused persons have already been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court which is mentioned in Annexure-2 series. The petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 26.06.2021. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Sadar (Muzaffarpur) P.S. Case No. 100 of 2019 on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge 19th , Muzaffarpur. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) shubham/- U T