Bablu Kumar @ Ravi Bhushan Prasad Srivastava v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58781 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-97 Year-2024 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Bablu Kumar @ Ravi Bhushan Prasad Srivastava S/o- Gajadhar Prasad Resident of Village- Bus Stand Road Near Kabristan New Shital Tola Arrah Police Station- Arrah Nawada, Dist- Bhojpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mukesh Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 22-11-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Arrah Nawada Police Station Case No. 97 of 2024 dated 06.02.2024, disclosing offences under Sections 420, 379, 204, 120 (B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution story, as per the First Information Report lodged by the Sub Registrar is that on 02.02.2024, one Chandan Kumar filed an inspection slip for inspection of the documents of the year 1932 having document no. 2346, cover no. 35, Page Nos. 252-254 in the District Registration Office having Inspection Slip No. 1827 & 1828. On the basis of inspection slip, the Data Entry Operator, Nirdosh Kumar Sinha,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58781 of 2024(3) dt.22-11-2024 2/3 started searching the pages from the cover but it was found that Page Nos. 251-254 of the register was missing. On 05.02.2024 the file/register was kept in almirah. It has further been alleged that when the informant was sitting on his table, one person namely Rohit Kumar Singh came with search register and put it on the table of the informant. The informant found that the search register was of the year 2021. The informant was surprised to see that search register and upon query from the Book Binder, Parwej Alam, he told that Rohit Kumar Singh had asked for the register, in question, and he gave it to Rohit Kumar singh, who had kept it on the table. The Page No. 224 of the said register was also missing. The searcher-Bablu Kumar told that Rohit Kumar Singh had torn the concerned pages because he had asked for the same pages and the pages were shown to Rohit Kumar.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not the custodian of the alleged register and he is the registered deed writer having Reg. No. 17 of 2023 in the office of Registrar, Bhojpur. It is true that certified copy of the register in question at Page No. 224 was taken by the petitioner in the year 2021 and it was found missing in the year 2024, that is after more than two and a half years. Co-accused
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58781 of 2024(3) dt.22-11-2024 3/3 Parwej Alam has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 24.10.2024, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 67450 of 2024.
5. Regards being had to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the fact that the allegation against the petitioner is based upon document and the coaccused has been granted anticipatory bail, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner, subject to the condition that he will diligently co-operate the police during course of investigation.
6. Let the petitioner, above named, 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Arrah in connection to the Arrah Nawada Police Station Case No. 97 of 2021, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) Siwani/- U T