Sudhanshu Chaudhary @ Golu Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82182 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-75 Year-2022 Thana- MANSURCHAK District- Begusarai ====================================================== SUDHANSHU CHAUDHARY @ GOLU CHAUDHARY S/O BACHHA CHOUDHARY R/O VILLAGE- AHIYAPUR, P.S- MANSOORCHAK, DISTT.- BEGUSARAI.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sabal Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER 19-12-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 363, 365, 385, 120(B) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per F.I.R., the allegation accused persons including the petitioner is that they have abducted the son of the informant and thereafter murdered him and disappeared his dead body.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. The F.I.R. has been lodged after the delay of two days

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82182 of 2023(2) dt.19-12-2023 2/2 without any satisfactory explanation. The informant and the petitioner are both are own agnate. There is no direct and indirect evidence against the petitioner. Only suspicion has been raised against him. A statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. The coaccused Ram Pravesh Das has already been granted bail by another co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 25.02.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 62879 of 2022. Petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 31.07.2023.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M. Ist Class, Begusarai in connection with Mansoorchak P.S. Case No.75 of 2022. (Sunil Kumar Panwar, J) lata/- U T