Pawan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.42985 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -197 Year- 2016 Thana -KUDHNI District- MUZAFFARPUR ====================================================== Pawan Kumar, son of Jopan Pandey @ Shashi Kant Pandey, resident of MohallaAdityapur-II, Sai Colony, P.S.-R.I.T.(Thana), DistrictSaraikela/Kharsawan(Jharkhand) .... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 17-10-2016 Heard Sri Pramod Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl. Public Prosecutor. The sole petitioner, who is in custody since 08.07.2016 in Kurhani P.S. Case No.197/2016 registered for the offence under Sections 419, 420, 341, 323, 379, 385, 467, 468/34 of the Indian Penal Code, has prayed for grant of bail, primarily on the ground that one of the co-accused on similar accusation has been granted bail. By way of referring to the statement made in paragraph-3 of the petition, it was argued that the petitioner is having clean antecedent.

Keeping in view the nature of accusation, clean antecedent of the petitioner as well as the ground that one of the co-accused on similar accusation has been granted bail, there is no

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.42985 of 2016 (2) dt.17-10-2016 2/2 reason to further detain the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner, namely, Pawan Kumar be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-( ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Manish Pandey, learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Muzaffarpur in connection with Kurhani P.S. Case No.197/2016.

(Rakesh Kumar, J) NKS/- U T