Manish Sahni @ Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6592 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-207 Year-2019 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Manish Sahni @ Manish Kumar S/o Suresh Sahni R/o Village- Balaha, P.S.- Lalganj, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Bela Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sangita Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 05-04-2021 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State through video conferencing. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of regular bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case no. 207 of 2019 registered under sections 395 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code to which section 412 of the Indian Penal Code was added subsequently.

As per allegation in the FIR, 20 accused persons are stated to have committed dacoity in the house of the informant Chandeshwar Prasad Singh and of having looted various articles including jewellery etc worth Rs. 36 lacs. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the FIR was registered against 20 unknown accused persons. Further, referring to the order of the learned Court below rejecting the application for bail of the petitioner, it is

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6592 of 2021(2) dt.05-04-2021 2/2 submitted that the name of the petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of co-accused Md. Jafar Quraishi who has himself been enlarged on bail vide order dated 22.10.2019 (Annexure 2) passed in Cr. Misc. no. 63687 of 2019. Besides, other co-accused persons have also been enlarged on bail vide different orders, details of which have been given in paragraph nos. 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the petition. The petitioner has not been put on T.I. Parade. He is in custody since 25.7.2020 and charge sheet has been submitted in the case.

The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner together with the grant of bail to the other co-accused, the Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case no. 207 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate 15, Vaishali at Hajipur.

(Partha Sarthy, J) Prakash/- U