Mritunjay Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33963 of 2017 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -17 Year- 2017 Thana -PAKRIDAYAL DistrictEASTCHAMPARAN(MOTIHARI) ====================================================== Mritunjay Thakur, Son of Anil Thakur, Resident of Village - Phulwaria, Police Station - Phenhara, District-East Champaran at Motihari. .... .... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravi Shanker Pankaj, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH CHANDRA JAISWAL ORAL ORDER 20-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner seeks bail in Pakri Dayal P.S. Case No. 17 of 2017 registered under Sections 387 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, Rs. 30 lac was demanded from the informant as extortion by someone through his mobile introducing himself as Shiv Shankar Sharma, president of New Ranvir Sena and threatened with dire consequences in case of not coughing up the demand.

It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has no concern with the aforesaid Shiv Shankar Sharma. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. There is nothing

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33963 of 2017 (2) dt.20-07-2017 2/2 in the case diary to indicate his complicity in the occurrence. The petitioner has been languishing in custody since 27.04.2017. Considering the facts aforesaid, the above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-V, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Pakri Dayal P.S. Case No. 17 of 2017 (Prakash Chandra Jaiswal, J) Mishra/- U