Ranjit Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.63895 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2022 Thana- SAMHO District- Begusarai ====================================================== RANJIT SINGH S/o Jay Prakash Singh R/o Village- Sankurha, P.S.- Jamui Distt- Jamui.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mayank Raj For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajit Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-02-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The Petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 341, 342, 323, 307, 506, 120(B) and 504 of the Indian Penal Code. As per the prosecution case, co-accused father of the informant and some unknown person assaulted the informant and pressed her neck. The informant became unconscious and then the accused person went away from there considering her dead. After some times the informant regained her

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Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. Name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused Shankar Shah. Learned counsel further submitted that the informant sustained injuries like swelling and pain around the neck. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances as well as the material available in the case diary, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Begusarai in connection with Samho P.S. Case No. 07 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure with a condition:-

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1. The court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and at any stage, if it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

This application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) niku/- U T