Ashish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64157 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-157 Year-2024 Thana- SONBERSA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Ashish Kumar S/o Ramvinay Singh Resident of village- Belwa, Ward No 1, police Station Belwa, District- Sarlahi (Nepal) ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Advocate Smt. Divya Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party :

Mr. Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-09-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 157 of 2024 dated 12.05.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 364A of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, 8-10 unknown miscreants boarded on motorcycle forcibly abducted the informant and took him to a lonely place where the miscreants tied his hand and leg and demanded ransom from his family members using his mobile. The informant showed his inability to fulfill their demand of ransom. In the meantime, police came there and save the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.64157 of 2024(2) dt.30-09-2024 2/2 that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern with the Bullet motorcycle or other motorcycles from which the victim was allegedly abducted. The other co-accused person has already been granted bail by this court vide order dated 25.09.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 63398/2024. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 02.07.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Sonbarsa P.S. Case No. 157 of 2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T