Pancha Paswan @ Panja Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.61700 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -152 Year- 2017 Thana -BAJPATTI District- SITAMARHI ====================================================== PANCHA PASWAN @ PANJA PASWAN son of Raj Kishore Paswan resident of Village + Post - Diwari, P.S. - Sursand, District - Sitamarhi. .... .... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Bihar.

.... .... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Hans Lal Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Kalyan Shankar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 11-01-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner.

This is an application for bail in connection with Bajpatti P.S. Case No. 152 of 2017 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 201 and 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code. Petitioner is not named in the FIR and it appears that later on during investigation his name transpires in the confessional statement of co-accused.

Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is that co-accused Pramod Mahto, in whose confessional statement name of petitioner transpires, has been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 2.1.2018 passed in Cr.Misc. No. 43223 of 2017 and the case of the petitioner is on better footing than that of co-accused Pramod Mahto and petitioner is in

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.61700 of 2017 (2) dt.11-01-2018 2/2 custody since 26.8.2017.

Heard learned APP also.

Having heard both sides and in the facts and circumstances of the case, let petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Pupri, Sitamarhi, in connection with Bajpatti P.S.Case No. 152 of 2017, subject to the conditions that (1) one of the bailors shall be a local person having sufficient immoveable properties within the jurisdiction of court concerned and (2) petitioner will co-operate in trial and appear in court as and when required, except on genuine ground, failing which his bail bond shall be cancelled. (Vinod Kumar Sinha, J) spal/- U