Chhotu Kumar @ Ravi Ranjan @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.47652 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -82 Year- 2013 Thana -KHIJARSARAI District- GAYA ====================================================== Chhotu Kumar alias Ravi Ranjan alias Ravi Ranjan Kumar son of Awadhesh Prasad, resident of Mohalla - Birupur, P.S. Ghosi, District - Jehanabad.

.... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hemant Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHAKRADHARI SHARAN SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-12-2015 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

This application for grant of regular bail arises out of Khizersarai P.S. Case No. 82 of 2013, disclosing offences under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the name of the petitioner surfaced merely on the basis of furnishing of certain names by an informer to the Police as regards his involvement in the crime and subsequent confessional statements of co-accused persons. He is in custody since 18.06.2015 in connection with the present Khizersarai P.S. Case No. 82 of 2013. He has submitted that other co-accused persons, similarly situated

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.47652 of 2015 (3) dt.03-12-2015 2/2 have been granted regular bail. He has also submitted that the petitioner has so far not been on T.I. Parade and the investigation having already been completed, no tangible purpose will be served, if the petitioner is allowed to remain in jail, any further. In view of the submission as above, this application is allowed.

Let the petitioner, above-named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Gaya in connection with Khizersarai P.S. Case No. 82 of 2013.

This is subject to the condition that the petitioner shall present himself before the police/Court, as the case may be, as and when required and in the event of failure on his part to appear before the Court on two consecutive occasions, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled.

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J) Vats/- U T