Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.60490 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2023 Thana- KUDHNI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar S/O Krishn Dev Ray R/O Village- Susta Madhopur, P.SManiyari, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nachiketa Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Dr. Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 23-08-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Kurhni, (Kudani, Kurhani) (Fakuli O.P.) P.S. Case No. 14 of 2023 instituted for the offences under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Prosecution case, in short, is that two unknown miscreants boarded on motorcycle looted the motorcycle of the informant on the point of pistol.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R and he has been remanded in this case from Maniyari P.S. Case No. 11 of 2023. No incriminating/looted article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.60490 of 2024(2) dt.23-08-2024 2/2 submitted that petitioner has got no concern with the vehicle in question. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 23.02.2023 and has three criminal antecedents. The co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 08.04.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 81372 of 2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, claim based on parity as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Kurhni, (Kudani, Kurhani) (Fakuli O.P.) P.S. Case No. 14 of 2023. (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T