Santosh Das @ Santosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.981 of 2020 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-404 Year-2019 Thana- MAKHDUMPUR District- Jehanabad ====================================================== SANTOSH DAS @ SANTOSH KUMAR Son of Rajendra Das @ Rajendra Mochi Resident of Village - Makhdumpur, Ward No. 12, P.S.- Makhdumpur in the district of Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ansar Ul Haque ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-06-2020 Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, the matter is being taken up by way of virtual Court proceeding.

The matter has been listed under the heading "For Orders" under the orders of Hon'ble the Chief Justice. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 341, 342, 323, 307, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegedly, all the accused persons started abusing the informant and when protest was made, the accused persons started assaulting the informant with Lathi and danda as of the Arms Act result of which, the informant sustained injury on his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.981 of 2020(4) dt.17-06-2020 2/3 head.

It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. There is admitted land dispute between the parteis. Both parties are agnates. Due to property dispute, the alleged occurrence is said to have taken place.

On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.

Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and also the lockdown, 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 his personal bond to the satisfaction of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Jehanabad in connection with Makhdumpur P.S. Case No. 404 of 2019 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Once the normalcy is restored, the petitioner shall furnish bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each within a period of seven weeks to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.981 of 2020(4) dt.17-06-2020 3/3 with the aforesaid case.

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