Snehi Singh @ Ram Snehi Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58580 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-166 Year-2021 Thana- AKBARPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== SNEHI SINGH @ RAM SNEHI SINGH S/o Balmiki Singh R/o - Pirauta, P.S.- Akbarpur, District- Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amresh Kumar Sinha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER 06-02-2023 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 166 of 2021, registered for the offence punishable under Section 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the son of the informant, namely, Niwash Kumar, was working as a cleaner on the truck of one Pramod Singh since the past two months. It is also alleged that on 11.3.2021 at about 4:00 pm. in the evening, one Lushan Singh had taken the son of the informant along with him, however, when the son of the informant did not return in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58580 of 2022(3) dt.06-02-2023 2/3 night, she had made search for him and on 12.3.2021, she was informed that her son was lying dead near a pole on the road, whereafter she had gone there and had found the dead body of her son, who had received injuries on the back and wrist of the right hand and over the fingers of the foot.

The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent, he has been falsely implicated in the present case, he is having a clean antecedent and he is languishing in custody since 24.5.2022. The learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the name of the petitioner has transpired in the present case, upon confessional statement made by the co-accused persons, namely, Rambriksha Singh and Sonu Kumar, however, there is no eyewitness to the alleged occurrence and moreover, there is no material on record to suggest the complicity of the petitioner in the alleged crime. Per contra, the learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58580 of 2022(3) dt.06-02-2023 3/3 Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into account the materials available on record as also considering the fact that minuscule evidence is available on record to connect the petitioner with the alleged crime, I deem it fit and proper to direct for release of the petitioner on regular bail.

Accordingly, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Nawada in connection with Akbarpur P.S. Case No. 166 of 2021.

(Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Ajay/- U T