Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65564 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-219 Year-2017 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Mukesh Singh @ Mukesh Kumar Son of Chandradip Singh Resident of Village - Maudah Dih, P.S.- Patepur in the District of Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ranjeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 06-05-2022 Heard counsel for the parties in Virtual Court Proceeding.
Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office, be removed within four weeks.
The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 219 of 2017 under sections 392 and 412 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per the prosecution case, a burglary was committed by the unknown persons in the Petrol Pump and they took away Rs. 1,36,000/- kept in the cash box. The FIR was registered against four unknown persons and in course of investigation, the name of the petitioner also cropped in.
The learned APP at the outset pointed out that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65564 of 2021(2) dt.06-05-2022 2/2 FIR was registered on 3.9.2017 and the police was finally able to arrest him only after four years i.e. in 2021. It has further been pointed out by him that the petitioner has more than half and dozen of criminal cases registered against him including that of sections 302, 307 and 384 of the Indian Penal Code. Considering the nature of allegation, criminal antecedent of the petitioner as also the fact that the matter is of 2017 and the Police was finally able to arrest him only four years later in 2021; this Court is not inclined to grant any relief to the petitioner and the bail application is hereby rejected. The trial court is directed to expedite the trial and conclude the same at an earliest considering the fact that the matter is of 2017.
(Rajiv Roy, J) Ravi/- U T