Ranjeet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60602 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2021 Thana- HASPURA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== RANJEET KUMAR S/o Late Jhabal Yadav Resident of Village- Belwan Kaler, P.S.- Fatehabad, District- Arwal (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr. Advocate :

Mr.Bhaskar Shankar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shyameshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 11-07-2022 Heard learned senior counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379, 411 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that on 30.05.2021 he received secret information that two tractors are illegally transporting sand from Sone river towards Itawan for sale, accordingly it is alleged that the informant reached the place of occurrence and upon seeing the police, the driver of the vehicle fled away, thereafter the sand was seized. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60602 of 2021(2) dt.11-07-2022 2/2 the petitioner is the owner of the tractor and as such he was completely unaware that the driver of the vehicle was misusing it for carrying out an illegal act. It is next submitted that the F.I.R. does not even remotely suggest that the petitioner was also present at the place of occurrence and fled. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Haspura P.S. Case No. 84 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishi/- U T