Navneet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.702 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2019 Thana- GAIGHAT District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== NAVNEET KUMAR Son of Hari Kishan Yadav @ hari Kishan Rai @ Krishna Rai Resident of Village - Patsara, P.S.- Piyar, Distt.- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anjana For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 27-07-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Gaighat P.S. Case No.334 of 2019, registered for the offence punishable under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.

Some unknown miscreants are said to have looted the pick-up vehicle, cash of Rs.15,000/- and two mobile phones from the informant.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. On the confessional statement of a co-accused, namely, Raja Kumar @ Raja Babu, the petitioner has been made accused in the present case. It is further submitted that there is land dispute between

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.702 of 2022(2) dt.27-07-2022 2/2 the petitioner and the co-accused. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has got one criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail application.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Taking into consideration the facts that the petitioner has been made accused in this case on the basis of confessional statement of a co-accused and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged 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 learned A.C.J.M.-15th-cum-Sub-Judge-16th, Muzaffarpur in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No.334 of 2019, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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