Ramesh Kumar Roy v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.2844 of 2019 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-560 Year-2017 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE District- Araria ====================================================== Ramesh Kumar Roy, Son of Sri Ishwari Roy, Resident of Village-Gunwanti, Police Station-Boushi, District-Araria.

... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr.Rama Nand Poddar, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party :

Mr.Rana Randhir Singh, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-01-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case for the offence registered under Sections 354, 379, 323 and 427 of the IPC.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the petitioner Ramesh Kumar Roy, who is Mukhiya of Gunwanti Panchayat was regularly demanding ransom of Rs. 2,00,000/- and further pay ransom of Rs. 10,000/- P.M. and on 23.03.2017 at about

11. 00 A.M. the petitioner alongwith 5-6 persons came at the house of the complainant Rekha Rani, who is a P.D.S. dealer and started demanding the money and on denial, he gave order to take away the articles upon which the other persons scattered the goods of the P.D.S. shop. The petitioner disrobed the

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2844 of 2019(2) dt.22-01-2019 2/3 complainant when she raised objection not to do such type of occurrence.

It has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering with the witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is said to be Mukhiya of Gunwanti Panchayat. He had made a complaint against the complainant who happens to be a P.D.S. dealer. When the petitioner objected the complainant in respect of black marketing of grains being done by her, in retaliation to the same, a false case was instituted against the petitioner. Offence is triable by the Magistrate.

On behalf of the learned counsel for the State, it has been submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R/ complaint case.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. 4th,

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.2844 of 2019(2) dt.22-01-2019 3/3 Araria, in connection with Complaint Case No. 560C of 2017, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Sudhir Singh, J) U.K./- U T