IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3590 of 2022

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-196 Year-2021 Thana- CHAUTHAM District- Khagaria

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Pankaj Kumar @ Pranav Kumar, aged about 25 years, Male Son of Kaleshwar

Sah, Resident of Village- Simraha, P.S.- Sadar (Saharsa), District- Saharsa.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s

:

Mr. Ram Sumiran Rai, Advocate

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA

ORAL ORDER

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06-06-2022

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

APP for the State.

Let the defect(s), if any, as pointed out by the office

be removed within a period of four weeks from today.

The petitioner seeks bail in connection with

Choutham P.S. Case No. 196 of 2021 registered for the offences

punishable under Sections 395 and 412 of the Indian Penal

Code.

The prosecution case is that some miscreants

committed Dacoiti in the house of the informant and during

investigation the name of the petitioner came up as one of the

accused persons and some stolen property was allegedly

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recovered from the petitioner.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that

the petitioner is not named in the FIR and has been named only

on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Sanjay

Singh. No Test Identification Parade has been conducted and

nothing has been recovered from this petitioner in the instant

case. Petitioner is in custody since 25.09.2021 and he has been

made accused in Uda Kishunganj P.S. Case No. 273/2021 under

Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code after the instant case.

Having regard to the aforesaid facts and submission

made on behalf of the petitioner especially considering the

period of custody, let the petitioner above named be released on

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 Judicial Magistrate 1^st Class, Khagaria in connection

with Choutham P.S. Case No. 196 of 2021, subject to the

following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the

petitioner, preferably one of his parents.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and

every date fixed by the court below and not delay the trial.

(iii) In case of absence for three consecutive dates or

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in violation of the terms of the bail, his bail bond will be liable

to be cancelled by the Court concerned.

Anand Kr.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J)

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