Virendra Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66250 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-127 Year-2022 Thana- BUNIYAD GANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== VIRENDRA PASWAN SON OF BINDI PASWAN R/O VILLAGESONDHI, P.S.- BUNIYADGANJ AND DISTRICT- GAYA. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manish Kumar No2 For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anand Kishore Choudhary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 06-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Buniyadganj P.S. Case No.127 of 2022, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 384/385 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is said to have forcibly taken Rs.10,000/- from each beneficiary selected for P.M. Awas Yojana for the year 2021-22 after payment of the first installment of Rs.45,000/-. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph-3 of the bail petition. It is further submitted that the petitioner has filed affidavit of Baby Devi, Ranju Devi and Nillu Devi in which it has been stated that the petitioner has taken money for supply of building material whereas in their statement before the police they have said that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66250 of 2022(4) dt.06-04-2023 2/2 petitioner took Rs.10,000/- from them after payment of first installment of Rs.45,000/-. It is also submitted that the petitioner is ready to pay Rs.20,000/- each to Baby Devi, Ranju Devi and Nillu Devi.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

Taking into consideration the facts aforesaid, let petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.25,000/- (rupees twenty five thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-VIII, Gaya in connection with Buniyadganj P.S. Case No.127 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The learned court below is directed to accept the bail bond of the petitioner after verifying the fact that the petitioner has already paid Rs.20,000/- each to Baby Devi, Ranju Devi and Nillu Devi.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) S.KUMAR/- U T