Dhananjay Kumar Singh @ Dhananjay Singh @ Chhotu Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57763 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-81 Year-2022 Thana- PIRO District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Dhananjay Kumar Singh @ Dhananjay Singh @ Chhotu Singh Son of Rabindra Singh Resident of Village - Barauli, P.s.- Piro, Distt.- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Shantanu Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 20-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and 25(1-b) a / 26 / 35 of Arms Act.

Allegedly, on a secret information, the informant conducted a raid at Raghukul Star Chimny Kiln. The arrested persons disclosed the name of the person who has escaped as Chhotu Singh @ Dhananjay Singh, who is the owner of the said Kiln. The police has recovered a loaded country made pistol and two live cartridges and paper about the recovered country made pistol and an XUV vehicle bearing registration no. UP 43X 1550.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57763 of 2022(2) dt.20-12-2022 2/2 petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of the bail application. It is further submitted that two persons were apprehended at the place of occurrence and one of them disclosed the name of the petitioner who has fled away from the place of occurrence. Police have recovered one country made pistol and two live cartridges and one vehicle has also been recovered from the place of occurrence.

Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as incriminating articles have been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is hereby rejected. However, petitioner is directed to surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today and seek regular bail and the learned Court below would pass the order, preferably, on the same day, in accordance with law This application is accordingly, dismissed.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) Shahnawaz/- U T