Ujjawal Raj v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73335 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-121 Year-2024 Thana- KORHA District- Katihar ====================================================== Ujjawal Raj Son of Shree Ashok Kunwar Resident of Block-C, Ashiana Green City, Shaguna More, Near Hi Tech Hospital, P.S.- Danapur, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Choudhary, Sr. Advocate Mr. Amitabh Sohan, Advocate Ms. Pallavi Singh, Advocate Mr. Shreyash Goyal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Awadhesh Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 11-11-2024
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of anticipatory bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Korha P.S. Case no. 121 of 2024, registered under sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120B of Indian Penal Code and section 10 of the Bihar Conduct of Examination Act, 1981.
3. As per the prosecution case, in the exam of NTA NEET (UG) 2024 being conducted at the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Kolasi, Katihar, in the biometric test report, it transpired that seven of the candidates appearing in the examination were fake. The said examinees were handed over to the police administration and on enquiry, it is stated that they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73335 of 2024(2) dt.11-11-2024 2/3 disclosed that it was the petitioner herein who had forcefully brought the students at the examination center to give the examination.
4. Learned Senior counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that neither the petitioner was arrested at the spot nor any incriminating article recovered from his possession. There is no material against him except the so called statement of the coaccused made before police. With respect to his being the so called kingpin, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegations in the F.I.R., the material that has transpired against the petitioner being the statement of co-accused made before police as is evident from the order of the learned trial Court rejecting the application for bail of the petitioner and the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Korha P.S. Case no. 121 of 2024 on furnishing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73335 of 2024(2) dt.11-11-2024 3/3 bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar.
(Partha Sarthy, J) Shiv/- U T