Chhotu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.421 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-393 Year-2023 Thana- RANIYATALAB District- Patna ====================================================== Chhotu Kumar S/o Rajan Yadav R/o Village- Ekbalganj Nisarpura, PSRanitalab, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1.
The State of Bihar 2.
The District Mining Officer, Patna, Distt.- Patna Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, APP For the Mines Dept.
:
Mr. Naresh Dixit, Adv Mr. Brij Bihari Tiwary, Adv ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 07-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the Mines Department.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 379, 411, 420, 467, 468/34 of Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the FIR, police seized the tractor of the petitioner loaded with sand. The petitioner is said to be the driver of said tractor.
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 has ever taken place. He has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.421 of 2025(2) dt.07-02-2025 2/2 been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The owner of the tractor has already deposited the loss amount in the concerned Department vide Annexure-P/6 of the bail application. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent as mentioned in para-3 of this application.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 Ranitalab P.S. Case No. 393 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) kiran/- U T