Arpit Raj v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.58536 of 2018 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -321 Year- 2018 Thana -JAKKANPUR District- PATNA ======================================================

1. Arpit Raj S/o Prem Prakash Singh, R/o Vill.- Chakla, P.S.- Pasraha, District- Khagaria.

.... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 29-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420/467/468/471 of the Indian Penal Code, Section 10 of the Bihar Examination Control Act and Sections 66(D)/66(E)(a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Allegation against the petitioner and other is of making the question of the referred examination viral. The record would reveal that the responsible person under whose custody question paper was kept and the person responsible for getting it leaked prior to the examination have not been made accused in this case. The petitioner was allegedly a member of the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.58536 of 2018 (2) dt.29-10-2018 P2/ group on the whatsApp, which allegedly allowed the question paper go viral.

Considering the allegation and the material, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court-below where the case is pending in connection with Jakkanpur Police Station Case No.321 of 2018, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure as well as condition that the petitioner shall fully cooperate with the investigation/trial of the case, failing which the court below shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner. (Birendra Kumar, J) Mkr./- U T