Afroz Alam v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88608 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-233 Year-2024 Thana- KOTWA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Afroz Alam S/o Mazid Mansoori @ Mazid Ansari R/o Village- Dumra Mishara Tolla ,P.S- Kotwa ,District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 28-02-2025 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner is in judicial custody in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 233 of 2024 for the offence punishable under Sections 317(2), 318(4), 341(1), 338, 336, 336(2) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita lodged on 25.08.2024 by the informant, Rajroop Rai.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant during vehicle checking, intercepted a motorcycle, as no paper was produced, it was found that the same is stolen one. Petitioner and Sandeep Kumar were arrested. Further, upon their confession, the house of the Suman Kumar was raided which led to recovery/seizure of three motorcycles. Accordingly, the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88608 of 2024(2) dt.28-02-2025 2/3 has no role to play. The recovery is from Suman Kumar. He is in custody since 26.08.2024 (para- 4 of the petition ). Further submission is that the said, Suman Kumar has been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 78468 of 2024.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer.
6. Allegation is/are there, though the petitioner has got criminal antecedent, FIR lodged, he shall be facing the trial, one of the co-accused, as state above, has been granted relief, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-10, East Champaran at Motihari, in connection with Kotwa P.S. Case No. 233 of 2024 subject to the following conditions: (i) one of the bailor should be the family of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88608 of 2024(2) dt.28-02-2025 3/3 bond by the Trial Court itself:
(iii) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every month for two years to mark his attendance, (iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) perwez U T