Sajjad Alam @ Md. Sajjad v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72356 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-86 Year-2022 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Sajjad Alam @ Md. Sajjad S/O Mohammad Akramul Haque @ Md. Akramul Resident Of Village- Saghari, P.O.- Pahladpur, P.S.- Mushahari, DistrictMuzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mahtab Alam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rabindra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 86 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 401,402,413,414,467,468,471,420 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code.

The allegation against the petitioner is that he purchased stolen truck and several keys and other articles were recovered from the place of occurrence.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that no specific overt act has been attributed against the petitioner. It is submitted that name of petitioner has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72356 of 2022(3) dt.21-04-2023 2/2 transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused persons. It is further submitted that petitioner has one criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of this application. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstance of the case, I am not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail stands rejected.

However, if petitioner surrenders before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, and pray for regular bail, the learned court below shall consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioner, preferably, on the same day without being prejudiced by this order.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) N.K/- U T