Sautam Kumar Singh @ Gautam Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Criminal Miscellaneous No.35063 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -40 Year- 2017 Thana -UDWANTNAGAR District- BHOJPUR ======================================================
1. Sautam Kumar Singh @ Gautam Kumar Singh Son of Jaymangal Singh alias Pappu Singh Resident of Village Birpur, PS Murar, District Buxar. .... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State of Bihar.
.... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anita Kumari For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Aditya Narayan Singh 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER 10-08-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 15.02.2017 in connection with Udwantnagar P.S. Case No. 40 of 2017 for offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 25(1-b)A/26/35 of the Arms Act. The prosecution case, as lodged by the police personnel is that on information that some miscreants have stolen the motorcycle of one Satya Narayan Singh, the police reached the place of occurrence and four accused persons were caught by the local persons and out of them one accused was the petitioner and from his possession one mobile was recovered. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.35063 of 2017 (2) dt.10-08-2017 2/2 petitioner that he is innocent, bears no criminal antecedent as the other case lodged against him is Udwantnagar P.S. Case No. 41 of 2017 is for the same incident regarding theft of motorcycle and the present case has been lodged under the Arms Act which is not applicable as nothing incriminating has been recovered from his possession. It has also been submitted that charge-sheet has already been submitted and there is no chance of tampering with the prosecution witnesses by the petitioner.
However, learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
Be that as it may, let petitioner, above named, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ara, in connection with Udwantnagar P.S. Case No. 40 of 2017. (Nilu Agrawal, J) sushma/- U T