Patna High CourtCR. MISC./52069/2022bail granted

Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2022-12-23Mr. Justice Ashutosh Kumar2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52069 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-340 Year-2021 Thana- SONBERSA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Santosh Kumar, Male, Aged about 24 years, son of Raghubir Paswan, resident of Village Sahorba, Ward No.18, P.S. Sonbarsha, Dist. Sitamarhi (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Uday Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.A.G ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 23-12-2022 Heard Mr. Uday Kumar, learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 340 of 2021 dated 04.12.2021 instituted for the offences under Sections 395 & 397 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

The petitioner has not been named in the F.I.R. in which several persons have been made accused. His name has transpired in the confession of one Bhola Sah who has now been granted bail. Apart from the confession, there is no other material to connect the petitioner with the offense. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from his possession.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52069 of 2022(2) dt.23-12-2022 2/2 With respect to the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, learned counsel submits that the petitioner was made accused in one case and thereafter he has been remanded in all other cases. He has been granted bail in all other cases. In this case, the petitioner is in custody since 19.04.2022.

Regard being had to the aforesaid facts, the petitioner is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 340 of 2021.

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