Md Osaid Alam @ Arabaj Alam @ Md Osaid @ Md Arabaj Alam v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76708 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-181 Year-2022 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Md Osaid Alam @ Arabaj Alam @ Md Osaid @ Md Arabaj Alam Son of Md Kuraban Alam @ Kurvan Miyan Resident of Village- Shikarganj, Ward No. 07, P.S.- Shikarganj, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ranjana Srivastava, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Pramod Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 19-03-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Pakridayal P.S. Case No.181 of 2022 lodged under Section 379 of the IPC.

3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against unknown persons against whom there is allegation of theft is there.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the F.I.R. has been lodged after delay of 20 days of the occurrence. He further submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case and his name has figured in this case only on the basis of suspicion and at the instance of the police as his antecedent is not clean.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76708 of 2024(3) dt.19-03-2025 2/2

5. Learned Counsel also submits that the petitioner is in custody since 29.02.2024 and his antecedent is not clean. There are 12 criminal antecedents of the petitioner.

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that in the main petition, there are 12 criminal antecedents of the petitioner in which counsel initially put emphasis, but subsequently, upon the court's query, counsel submits that there are 3 more criminal cases pending against the petitioner which has been mentioned in the supplementary affidavit.

7. This Court is of the opinion that the conduct of the petitioner is to suppress the material facts and only after specific query, she has disclosed that there are in total 15 criminal cases pending against the petitioner.

8. In the present facts and circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner, therefore the bail application of the petitioner is hereby rejected. (Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U T