Bihari Mishra v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.33706 of 2018 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-560 Year-2017 Thana- AMARPUR District- Banka ====================================================== Bihari Mishra, son of Bhuwneshwar Mishra, Resident of Village Kushmaha P.S. Amarpur, District- Banka.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pandey For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sri Umanath Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER 25-06-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.

Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Amarpur P.S. Case No.560 of 2017 registered under Sections 120(B), 384, 420, 468, 471, 353, 388, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegation in brief is that the petitioner is not landless but got her name in the BPL list and his wife was also allotted Indira Awas Yojana and used to make demand of extortion from local officials by putting pressure on them by filing RTI. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated as he plays role of whistle blower by seeking information under RTI against the irregularities being done by the local officials, so has falsely

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.33706 of 2018(2) dt.25-06-2018 2/2 been implicated in this case and has been in custody since 20.02.2018.

Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances, petitioner Bihari Mishra is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Banka in connection with Amarpur PS Case No.560 of 2017.

(Arun Kumar, J) S.KUMAR/- U T