Patna High CourtCR. MISC./13771/2015bail granted

Basant Mehta v. The State Of Bihar

2015-04-15Mr. Justice Hemant Kumar Srivastava2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.13771 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -28 Year- 2014 Thana -NTPC KHAIRA District- AURANGABAD ======================================================

1. Basant Mehta S/o Ram Narayan Mehta Resident of Village - Khadaha P.S. - Khaira, N.T.P.C. District - Aurangabad. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Lal Bahadur Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sanjay Kr. Tiwary No.1 (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT KUMAR SRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 15-04-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as leaned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Khaira NTPC P.S. Case No. 28 of 2014 registered under Sections-307, 353, 332, 291, 225 & other minor sections of the Indian Penal Code.

Earlier Cr. Misc. No. 34514 of 2014 was filed on behalf of the petitioner and some others but inadvertently, the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioner was withdrawn and accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail was dismissed as withdrawn by order dated 19-02-2015.

Learned counsel, appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is named in the first information report but no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13771 of 2015 (2) dt.15-04-2015 specific overt act has been attributed against him and moreover, having more or less similar allegation, some co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this court vide order dated 19-02-2015 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 34514 of 2014. Accordingly, this anticipatory bail petition is allowed and it is ordered that the petitioner named above, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from the date of receipt/production of copy of the order in the court below, shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each in connection with Khaira NTPC P.S. Case No. 28 of 2014 to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Aurangabad subject to the conditions as laid down u/S 438(2) of the Cr. P.C. (Hemant Kumar Srivastava, J) A.K.V./- U T