Rampravesh Sao v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65296 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-17 Year-2022 Thana- DHANGAI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

RAMPRAVESH SAO Son of Raju Sao Resident of Village - Bela, P.S.- Dhangai, District - Gaya.

2.

Mohan Sao Son of Karu Sao Resident of Village - Bela, P.S.- Dhangai, District - Gaya.

3.

Krishna Murari Yadav Son of Bhulan Yadav Resident of Village - Bela, P.S.- Dhangai, District - Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sudhir Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Amitesh Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 10-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

Petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Dhangai P.S. Case No.17 of 2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 8(b)/18/29 of the NDPS Act. Accusation is of cultivating opium plants over the forest land and private land measuring total area 9.08 acres, out of which, 0.92 acres area was forest land and 8.16 acres area was private land.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65296 of 2022(3) dt.10-04-2023 2/2 present case. It is submitted that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition. It is further submitted that the local villagers took the names of the petitioners.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Taking into consideration the nature of offence, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioners on anticipatory bail. Accordingly, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is hereby rejected.

However, if petitioners surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today and pray for regular bail, the learned court below shall consider the prayer for regular bail of the petitioners preferably on the same day without being prejudiced by this order of rejection. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T