Suman Kumar @ Chhotee Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81414 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-296 Year-2022 Thana- HULASGANJ District- Jehanabad ====================================================== SUMAN KUMAR @ CHHOTEE KUMAR SON OF RAMUDAY SINGH VILLAGE KHAUNA PS HULASGANJ DISTRICT JEHANABAD ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 21-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 504, 506, 353, 427, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 135 of Electricity Act.

3. Allegedly, petitioner is said to have committed theft of the electrical energy which caused loss of Rs. 46,315/- to the concerned department.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged ever took place. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81414 of 2023(2) dt.21-12-2023 2/2 based on concocted facts. He has been made accused in the present case merely because he is son of the main accused Kamini Devi, who has been enlarged on bail in this case. It is further submitted that petitioner has already deposited the loss amount including the compounding fund in the account of the department. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as petitioner has paid all the loss amount including the compounding fund to the concerned department, 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 Hulasganj P.S. Case No. 296 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T