Murari Shankar Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.26366 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -741 Year- 2017 Thana -KHAGARIA District- KHAGARIA ====================================================== Murari Shankar Kumar S/o Prabhas Chaudhary, R/o Vill.- Sirajpur, Temtha, P.S.- Parbatta, District- Khagaria.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Jai Shanker Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Jai Narain Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 04-05-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Khagaria (Chitragupta Nagar) P.S. Case No. 741 of 2017 registered under Sections 419, 420, 468 and 471 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that co-accused Pankaj Kumar has already been granted bail by this Court under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.26366 of 2018 (2) dt.04-05-2018 Considering the allegation made in the first information report that in place of petitioner, one Pankaj Kumar appeared in the written examination held for recruitment of constable on the basis of forged identity card, I am not inclined to grant him pre-arrest bail. The application is rejected. However, in case the petitioner surrenders and seeks bail, the same shall be considered on its own merit without being prejudiced in any manner by the order of the learned Sessions Judge.

(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J.) Sanjeet/- U T