Karan Singh @ Sere Karan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 72614 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-32 Year-2022 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

KARAN SINGH @ SERE KARAN Son of Shri Karu Singh R/v- Eru P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya 2.

KRISHAN SINGH @ SERE KRISHAN @ KISHAN SINGH Son of Shri Karu Singh R/v- Eru P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad Sinha, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-02-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioners is permitted to remove the defect(s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of three weeks from today.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Wazirganj P. S. Case No. 32 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 384, 379 and 504 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioners and the coaccused persons are alleged to have demanded Rs. 5,00,000/- as rangdari from the informant with regard to the construction of building. It is further alleged that the petitioners took away electrical equipments worth Rs. 20,000/-.

Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No. 72614 of 2022(3) dt.28-02-2023 2/2 the petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case. No such office as alleged has ever taken place. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioners. The money is not delivered to the accused persons by the informant hence Section 384 is not made out against the petitioner. Learned counsel has further submitted that no case is made out against the petitioners. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail petition of the petitioners. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P. S. Case No. 32 of 2022, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shakir/- U T