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Santosh Mahton @ Santosh Mahto @ Santosh Kumar Suman v. The State Of Bihar

Patna HC19 May 2016CR. MISC./21689/2016

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Criminal Miscellaneous application for bail in a case under Section 392 IPC. The High Court directed the petitioner's release on bail, noting the lack of material connecting him to the offence and equal treatment accorded to a co-accused.

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Petitioner directed to be released on bail by furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount.

Santosh Mahton @ Santosh Mahto @ Santosh Kumar Suman Vs The… — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2016)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.21689 of 2016

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Arising Out of PS.Case No. -229 Year- 2015 Thana -SULTANGANJ District- BHAGALPUR ====================================================== Santosh Mahton @ Santosh Mahto @ Santosh Kumar Suman son of Madan Mahto, resident of Belthu, P.S.- Shahkund, District Bhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Dr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Bachan Singh, APPS ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHWANI KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

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2 19-05-2016 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 229 of 2015 registered under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

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It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that apart from confessional statement of the co-accused, there is no other material to connect the petitioner with the alleged offence. It is also submitted that though the petitioner was taken into custody on 22^nd January, 2016, he has not been put on T.I.Parade till date.

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It is further contended that similarly circumstanced coaccused, namely, Santosh Kumar Mandal has already been granted

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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.21689 of 2016 (2) dt.19-05-2016

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bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 31.3.2016 passed in Cr. Misc. No.12907 of 2016.

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Regard being had to the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner 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 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1, Bhagalpur in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No.229 of 2015.

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(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)

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Md.S./-

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Santosh Mahton @ Santosh Mahto @ Santosh Kumar Suman v. The State Of Bihar

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