Patna High CourtCR. MISC./66559/2024bail granted

Suraj Mandal @ Suraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2024-12-13Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66559 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-191 Year-2024 Thana- SURSAND District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Suraj Mandal @ Suraj Kumar S/o Sukhchandar Mandal @ Sukhchandra Mandal R/o ward no.9, Sursand, P.s. - Sursand, Distt. - Sitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amit Anand, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-12-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sursand P.S. Case No. 191/2024 dated 22.04.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 364A read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the coaccused persons are alleged to have abducted the informant's son on the point of pistol and demanded Rs. 20,000/- as ransom. Further, they threatened the informant to pay the said amount otherwise they would kill her son.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted 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 statement of the victim recorded u/s 164 of the Cr.P.C has not taken the name of the petitioner in the alleged

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66559 of 2024(4) dt.13-12-2024 2/2 crime. The petitioner is not the owner of the motorcycle as referred in the F.I.R. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged occurrence. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 23.04.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently 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 Court concerned, Pupri, Sitamarhi in connection with Sursand P.S. Case No. 191 of 2024 with the condition :- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. This application stands allowed.

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