Ashok Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68706 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-296 Year-2022 Thana- NOORSARAI District- Nalanda ====================================================== ASHOK KUMAR Son of Methu Prasad @ Meghu Gop Resident of village - Atbalchak, P.S.- Tharthari, District - Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pankaj Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-04-2023 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 connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 296 of 2022 dated 12.08.2022 registered for the offences punishable u/s 414 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, on seeing the police, a miscreant boarded on a motorcycle started fleeing away but he was apprehended by the police who disclosed his name as Ashok Kumar and on being asked, the petitioner did not

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68706 of 2022(2) dt.12-04-2023 2/2 produce the document relating to the said motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR01CN5021.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is also accused in three other criminal cases which are related to similar nature of offence as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 13.08.2022.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the seized motorcycle was of stolen.

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, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 296 of 2022.

The application stands allowed.

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