Munnilal Sah @ Munnilal Kumar And ANR v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.16408 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -48 Year- 2016 Thana -NAUTAN DistrictWESTCHAMPARAN(BETTIAH) ======================================================

1. MUNNILAL SAH @ MUNNILAL KUMAR, Son of Bhikham Sah, resident of Village- Harinagar Banhaura, P.S.- Jhakhara, District- West Champaran at Bettiah.

2. Umesh Sah, Son of Bhagelu Sah, resident of Village- Jhakhara Bazar, P.S.- Jagdishpur (Nautan), District- West Champaran at Bettiah. .... .... Petitioners

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Binay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Parmanand Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 10-04-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Nautan (Jagdishpur) P.S.Case No. 48 of 2016 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 467, 468, 471, 420, 307, 120B, 414, 272, 273 of the Indian Penal Code and 47(A) of Excise Act.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioners and they are not named and in the confessional statement of coaccused their names have been disclosed and other co-accused similarly situated have been granted anticipatory bail by this Court, which is evident from Annexure-4 to the petition. Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and considering the fact that

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.16408 of 2017 (2) dt.10-04-2017 2/2 nothing has been recovered and co-accused having similar allegation have been granted anticipatory bail, let the petitioners, named above, in the event of their arrest or surrender in the court within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri R.R.Sahay, ACJM-III, West Champaran, Bettiah, in connection with Nautan (Jagdishpur) P.S. Case No.

48 of 2016, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and further conditions that petitioners shall co-operate in the investigation and make themselves available before the police as and when required and in the event of failure on their part to appear before the police on two consecutive dates, the prosecution shall be free to move for cancellation of their bail bonds and further petitioners will not induce any witness or tamper with the evidence.

(Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U