Manoj Raut And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.6691 of 2016 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -561 Year- 2015 Thana -BANKA District- BANKA ======================================================

1. Manoj Raut Son of Sri Raju Raut

2. Upendra Raut Son of Sri Sridhar Raut

3. Pawan Raut Son of Sri Mantu Raut .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhu Narayan Sharma, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. M.K. Nirala (App) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-02-2016 Heard learned counsels for the petitioners and the State.

The petitioners are apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under sections 147/148/149/447/341/323/384/307/379/506 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.

Prosecution case is of demanding extortion from the truckers on protest being made the accused persons fired at the cleaner Ranjeet Das.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the informant has retracted from the initial version and has filed petitions to that effect before the learned court below, the same have been brought on record as annexures-2 and 3 to the petition. A statement has been made in paragraph 3 of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.6691 of 2016 (2) dt.15-02-2016 2/2 petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent. The aforesaid facts constitute ground for consideration of prayer for regular bail.

Let the learned Court below consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners, if the petitioners surrender within a period of six weeks in connection with Banka P.S. Case No.561/2015, pending before the learned CJM, Banka. With the above observation, this application is, accordingly, disposed off.

(Dinesh Kumar Singh, J) Ashwini/- U T