Niranjan Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63232 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2023 Thana- ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BIHAR District- Patna ====================================================== NIRANJAN PANDEY S/O SHAILENDRA PANDEY R/O VILLAGEMAGHARA, P.S- DEEP NAGAR, DISTT.- NALANDA. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.

THE ECONOMIC OFFENCE UNIT, BIHAR, PATNA. BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Prabhas Ranjan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 09-10-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 153, 153(A) (1) (a), 153(1)(b), 153(1)(c), 297, 505, (1)(b), 505 (1) (C), 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 66/66(F) of the IT Act.

3. As per allegation in the FIR, at the occasion of Ram Ravmi, law and order of Bihar Sharif Town was disturbed by some miscreants including the petitioner. Petitioner has posted some communal message on different social media.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. Petitioner has no concern with the alleged communal riot.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.63232 of 2023(2) dt.09-10-2023 2/2 Petitioner is Priest of Sitla Temple Maghara. Save and except suspicion, nothing has come against the petitioner. Similarly situated other accused person has already been enlarged on bail by another coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 5.9.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 56302 of 2023. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and languishing in judicial custody since 10.4.2023.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-1, Patna in connection with Economic Offence P.S. Case No. 07 of 2023.

(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) sushma/- U