Patna High Court/65768/2022bail granted

Chandan Kumar @ Chandan Choudhary v. The State Of Bihar

2023-03-20Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65768 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-260 Year-2017 Thana- NOKHA District- Rohtas ====================================================== CHANDAN KUMAR @ CHANDAN CHOUDHARY S/o Mahendra Choudhary R/o Village- Dangara Tola, P.S.- Nokha, Distt- Rohtas, Bihar, Pin code-802215 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sharad Shekhar, Advocate Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Advocate Mr. Om Prakash Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-03-2023 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 under section 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, three unknown miscreants hired the tempo and fled away with the same. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65768 of 2022(2) dt.20-03-2023 2/2 case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the coaccused Prakash Kumar Pandey. No stolen article was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is also accused in one more criminal case as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 28.08.2022.

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, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Nokha P.S. Case No. 260 of 2017.

The application stands allowed.

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