Tejpratap Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67008 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2022 Thana- SAHAJITPUR District- Saran ====================================================== TEJPRATAP RAI S/O UDAY RAY Resident of Village- Aamao (Amav), P.S.- Baniapur, District- Saran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arjun Prasad, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sharda Kumari,APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-03-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in a case registered u/s 393 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code 27 of Arms Act.

As per the prosecution case, four unknown miscreants boarded on two motorcycles tried to snatch the bag of the informant while he was returning home after collecting money. When the informant tried to flee away, one of the miscreants opened fire but the informant saved himself.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67008 of 2022(2) dt.23-03-2023 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has surfaced during the course of the investigation. Similarly situated co-accused has already been granted bail by the co-ordinate bench vide order dated 27.02.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 63131 of 2022. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 31.08.2022.

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

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on 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, Saran at Chapra in connection with Sahajitpur P.S. Case No. 189 of 2022.

The application stands allowed.

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