Sumant Kumar Pandey @ Sumant Pandey v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70767 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-311 Year-2022 Thana- LAHERIMUHALLA District- Nalanda ====================================================== SUMANT KUMAR PANDEY @ SUMANT PANDEY S/O NAVAL PANDEY Resident of village- Machhaldiha, P.S and District- Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Amar Nath Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Nazir Ansari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 31-01-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 414/34 of the IPC. Allegedly, two persons were apprehended by the police with a stolen motorcycle and they disclosed that they have purchased the same from the petitioner at the rate of Rs.15000/-. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to village politics. No recovery has been made from the conscious physical possession of the petitioner. No paper was produced by the apprehended persons to show that they had purchased the said motorcycle from the petitioner. Petitioner has no criminal

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70767 of 2022(2) dt.31-01-2023 2/2 antecedent.

Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Laheri P.S. Case No.311/2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T