Maksudan Singh @ Masudan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.28109 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-565 Year-2017 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Maksudan Singh @ Masudan Singh son of Late Mundrika Singh resident of village - Pachrukhi, Police Station - Atri and District - Gaya, State - Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar No-2 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kalyan Shankar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 10-05-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 31.01.2018 in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 565 of 2017 for offences punishable under Sections 363, 366-A, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The prosecution case, as lodged by the informant, is that his daughter Riya Kumari, aged 13 years, went for tuition but did not return. On search, he was informed that 11 persons, named in the First Information Report, had taken his daughter away. When he went to get information from the house of the petitioner and two others, they abused and turned him away. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he is innocent and just because he is the father of

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.28109 of 2018(2) dt.10-05-2018 2/2 some of the named co-accused, he has been implicated in the aforesaid case. He submits that the victim girl also in her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. has not named the petitioner and charge-sheet has already been submitted. However, learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances and the materials on record, let petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Addl. Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st, Gaya, in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 565 of 2017.

(Nilu Agrawal, J) Rajesh/- U T