Mukti Sharma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1429 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2018 Thana- ALAMNAGAR District- Madhepura ====================================================== Mukti Sharma S/O Amodi Sharma R/o- Khawan, P.S- Ratwara, DistrictMadhepura ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Dr Sanjay Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ganesh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 27-01-2025
1. Heard the parties.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Alamnagar (Ratwara) P.S. Case No. 209 of 2018 dated 27.09.2018 registered for the offence under Section 302 / 201 / 120 (B), 34 of the I.P.C. and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. The allegation as per the First Information Report is that the son of the informant was called by the F.I.R. named accused persons (12 in number) in order to give him money for purchase of land and they killed the son of the informant on that pretext.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics and he has not committed any offence in the manner alleged. Learned counsel next submits that land dispute of the deceased was with Manish Mandal and not with the petitioner. Learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1429 of 2025(2) dt.27-01-2025 2/3 counsel next submits that previously for murder of the father of the deceased the petitioner was not made accused and some other persons were accused in that case. Learned counsel next submits that similarly situated co-accused persons namely, Manish Mandal @ Manish Kumar, Munna Mandal, Ashok Thakur @ Ashok Thakur Samraat and Praful Patel @ Prafful Patel have been granted bail by different Co-ordinate Benches of this Court vide Cr. Misc. Nos. 38465 / 2019, 21304 / 2020, 54201 / 2023 & 647 / 2021 respectively. The petitioner is in custody since 20/08/2024 having no criminal antecedent.
5. Having regard to the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the materials available on record, the nature of allegation, the fact that similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted bail by different Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and the petitioner is in custody since 20.08.2024 having no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.
6. Accordingly, let the petitioner, above named, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri Sumit Kumar, Judicial Magistrate- 1st Class, Udakishunganj, Madhepura in connection with Alamnagar
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1429 of 2025(2) dt.27-01-2025 3/3 (Ratwara) P.S. Case No. 209 of 2018.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) praful/- U T