Sonu Singh @ Sonu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.64224 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-177 Year-2024 Thana- RAFIGANJ District- Aurangabad ====================================================== Sonu Singh @ Sonu Kumar, S/O Amresh Singh @ Ramesh Kumar Singh @ Ramesh Singh R/O Village-Gothani, P.S- Rafiganj, Distt.- Aurangabad (Bihar).
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms.Leelawati Kumari Mr.Aman Vishal For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Binay Krishna ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-09-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 354, 354A, 354B, 379 and 34 of the I.P.C. and Sections 3(1)(r)(s), 3(2)(va) of the SC/ST (POA) Act and Section 37 of the Excise Act.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that she was going to her matrimonial home for the first time after marriage with her husband, when four intoxicated accused stopped their car and blocked the path and misbehaved with her and took her gold chain, but one accused
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4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is also submitted that name of the petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of Saurabh Singh in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary value. It is next submitted that it is basically a case of road-raise. It is next submitted that petitioner is in custody since 14.08.2024, on which the learned A.P.P. opposes the bail application and submits that till date, it appears that charge-sheet even must not have been filed, on which the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that charge-sheet, till date, has not been filed and the investigation is continuing.
5. Considering the submission made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge Excise First, Aurangabad in connection with Rafiganj P. S. Case No.177 of 2024, subject to a condition that one of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his father namely, Amresh Singh @ Ramesh Kumar Singh @ Ramesh Singh.
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6. The application stands allowed.
7. It is made clear that petitioner will keep marking his attendance in the concerned police station in between 25th30th of every month commencing from September, 2024, till charge-sheet is not submitted. In the event, if the petitioner violates the condition of bail, in that event, the Investigating Officer shall be at liberty to file an application before the learned trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner is not marking his attendance in the police station prior to filing of charge-sheet and the learned Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T