In a bail application under Section 439 CrPC, the Patna High Court rejected the petitioner's plea, noting extortion charges and criminal antecedents despite co-accused grants.
Bail prayer of the petitioner was rejected.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.10899 of 2018
====================================================== Md. Sah Alam @ Alam, son of Md. Badruddini, R/o Chamelichak, P.S.Habibpur, District- Bhagalpur.
.... .... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uday Prasad For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR ORAL ORDER
The petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Bhagalpur Kotwali P.S.Case No. 634 of 2016 registered under Sections 385 and 387 of the Indian penal Code.
Allegation in brief is that demand of extortion of Rs. 20,00,000/- was being made by the mobile of the petitioner repeatedly and informant was being threatened.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is in custody 23.11.2016 and other co-accused persons have been granted bail.
Learned counsel for the State submits that extortion money was being made from the mobile of the petitioner and the case of the petitioner stands on different footing to others and he has also got criminal antecedents.
Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances,
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the prayer for bail of the petitioner at present is rejected.
(Arun Kumar, J)
Sujit/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted in an extortion case where co-accused are released but the petitioner has criminal antecedents.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Md. Sah Alam
The State of Bihar
ARUN KUMAR
As recorded by the court registry
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