Guddu Ram And ORS v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.13931 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2018 Thana- GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL COMP. District- West Champaran ======================================================

1. Guddu Ram, Son of Chupan Ram, Resident of village- Kotaraha, Police Station- Balmiki Nagar, District- West Champaran.

2. Sohan Ram, Son of Motichan Ram,

3. Rahis Sekh, Son of Jagul Shekh, Both resident of VillageRampurva, Police Station- Balmiki Nagar, District- West Champaran.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Suresh Prasad Sharma For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Satyadev Prasad Singh Yadav ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER 05-04-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

The petitioners seeks bail in I.F No. 10 of 2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 27, 29 and 31 of the Wild Life Protection Act.

Informant is the Forest Extension Officer who in his written complaint dated 14.01.2018 has stated that on 13.01.2018, he was near the forest area and at about 5:00 pm on hearing the sound of cutting tree he went there, he saw the petitioners cutting the tree and preparing blocks of the said wood which is prohibited forest produce and on seeing the informant accused persons tried to flee away but they were

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.13931 of 2018(3) dt.05-04-2018 2/2 apprehended by the informant along with the tree blocks prepared by the cutting of the tree which was seized. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioners that they are innocent and are resident of the nearby village and had gone to graze the cattles. It has been further submitted that the petitioners have got no criminal antecedent and are in custody since 14.01.2018.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioners named above be released on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned ACJM-I, Bagaha, West Champaran in connection with I.F No. 10 of 2018.

(S. Kumar, J) ranjan/- U