Patna High CourtCR. MISC./72999/2023bail granted

Krishn Kumar @ Krishna Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2023-11-23Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72999 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2023 Thana- KHARIK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Krishn Kumar @ Krishna Kumar Son Of Satrughan Yadav Resident Of Village - Rajganj Ward No. 8 Near Shiv Mandir, Ps- Bihariganj, DisttMadhepura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Baidyanath Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 23-11-2023 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.

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

3. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No. 80 of 2023 dated 05.04.2023 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 384 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

4. As per the prosecution case, four unknown miscreants are alleged to have demanded Rs. 5,00,000/- as ransom from the mobile no. 8797947053.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72999 of 2023(2) dt.23-11-2023 2/2 petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused Saurabh Kumar. The said mobile number does not belong to the petitioner. Learned counsel has further submitted that no money was delivered to the accused persons by the informant so no case is made out under section 384 of the IPC against the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition.

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

7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as nature of allegation, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, 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 the learned court concerned, Bhagalpur Camp at Naugachhiya in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No. 80 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

8. The application stands allowed.

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