Raushan Verma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.11968 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -93 Year- 2017 Thana -NAWADA District- NAWADA ====================================================== Raushan Verma, son of Navratan Prasad Verma, Resident of MohallaRamna Road, Pita Maheshwar (Maheshwar Tola), P.S.- Kotwali, DistrictGaya. .... .... Petitioner
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The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance:
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rina Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. M.K. Nirala, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 27-02-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.
In this case, the petitioner is seeking anticipatory bail in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No.93 of 2017, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
The petitioner is brother-in-law of Saurav Kumar Verma. Allegation has been made that Saurav Kumar Verma and his wife along with the present petitioner entered into the shop of the informant and requested to pay Rs. Five Lakhs to do business, on their demand the informant gave the said amount. They said that in the event of non return of money, they will execute the sale deed of the land and they gave two post dated cheques to the informant, which was ultimately bounced.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the money was taken by Saurav Kumar Verma not by the present petitioner nor he is a party to the agreement. He further submits that in a similar situation, co-accused Munna Verma, has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 37112 of 2017.
Looking to the nature of allegation, let the petitioner, namely, Raushan Verma, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nawada, in connection with Nawada Town P.S. Case No.93 of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This is also subject to further condition that:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be local person having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the concerned court.
(ii) the petitioner will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.
(iii) The petitioner shall co-operate in the investigation of the case and make himself available as and when
required by the Police, otherwise, the prosecution is free to move for cancellation of his bail bond. (Shivaji Pandey, J) pawan/- U T