Ravi Sharma @ Ravi Kumar @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Ravi Ranjan Sharma v. The State Of Bihar Through The S.P., Economic Offence Unit, Bihar, Patna
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84750 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-5 Year-2018 Thana- ECONOMIC OFFENCES, BIHAR District- Patna ====================================================== Ravi Sharma @ Ravi Kumar @ Ravi Ranjan Kumar @ Ravi Ranjan Sharma Son of Suryadev Sharma Resident of Village- Jadua, P.S.- Hajipur, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar through the S.P., Economic Offence Unit, Bihar, Patna Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Saurav Anand, Advocate For the Opposite Party :
Mr. Vishwanath Pd. Sinha, APLP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-04-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Bank.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 379 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 66, 66(c) and 66(d) of the Information and Technology Act.
3. As per prosecution case, allegation against this petitioner is that he, along with other accused persons, siphoned money from several accounts of the bank and thereby, committed fraud of Rs. 20,28,223/- in total.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84750 of 2024(4) dt.17-04-2025 2/3 been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, as alleged in the F.I.R., has ever taken place. However, at this stage, without admitting his guilt, petitioner is ready to deposit the disputed amount amounting to Rs. 7,76,978/- (Rupees seven lacs seventy-six thousand nine hundred seventy-eight only).
5. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
6. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Patna in connection with Economic Offence P.S. Case No. 5 of 2018, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., along with the following terms and conditions: A. At the time of furnishing bail-bond Rs. 2,00,000/- (Rupees two lacs) shall be paid to the Bank through demand draft.
B. Rest amount i.e. Rs. 5,76,978/- (Rupees five lacs seventy-six thousand nine hundred seventy-eight only) shall be paid to the Bank through demand draft in six equal monthly installments within a period of six months from the date of furnishing bail-bond.
C. If petitioner fails to comply the aforesaid direction of this Court, the Court below is free to cancel the bail-bond of the petitioner.
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7. It is made clear that without going into the merit of the case, the aforesaid order has been passed only for the purpose of grant of bail.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T