Santosh Kumar Singh @ Rinku Singh @ Rinku Mukhiya v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79306 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2023 Thana- AZIMABAD District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Santosh Kumar Singh @ Rinku Singh @ Rinku Mukhiya Son Of Ram Ayodhya Singh Resident Of Village- Bargaon, Ps- Azimabad, Distt- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ravindra Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Upendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-01-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Azimabad P.S. Case No. 02 of 2023 dated 02.01.2023 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 341, 325, 354, 354B, 379, 427, 337, 338, 457, 504, 506 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons are alleged to have broken the door and entered the house of the informant and started abusing. The accused persons broke chairs and tables and when the informant and her daughter protested then the co-accused persons Rinkee Singh and Pankaj Singh started beating the informant's daughter
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79306 of 2023(2) dt.04-01-2024 2/3 and tore her clothes. The co-accused Dablu Singh, Manish Singh and Chhotu assaulted and abused the informant. The petitioner and the co-accused persons threatened to kill the husband and son of the informant. It is further alleged that when the informant checked her belongings, she saw that the accused persons took Rs. 50,000/- from her suitcase by breaking the lock.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. There is a political rivalry between the parties. It is further submitted that there is no specific allegation against the petitioner and the allegation is general and omnibus against him. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The petitioner has six criminal antecedent in which he is acquitted in one case as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79306 of 2023(2) dt.04-01-2024 3/3 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, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Azimabad P.S. Case No. 02 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T