The Patna High Court directed the release of the petitioner Santosh Kumar on bail in a murder case, noting parity with other co-accusees who had already been granted bail by coordinate benches, and directing him to furnish bond and sureties.
Release of the petitioner on bail upon furnishing a bond of Rs.10,000 and two sureties of similar amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.14222 of 2018
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-145 Year-2017 Thana- KARPI District- Jehanabad
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Santosh Kumar S/o Ram Nagina Singh, R/o Village- Selarpur, P.S.- Karpi, District- Arwal.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pritish Kumar Lal For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. SMT PUSHPA SINHA ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 13-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
Petitioner, already in custody, seeks bail in connection with Karpi P.S. Case No.145 of 2017, registered under Sections 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. Later on Sections 302 and 120(B) IPC were added.
Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks bail on the ground of parity as similarly situated other co-accused Bijendra Kumar, Dina Nath Singh and Md. Ayub Ansari have been admitted to bail by coordinate Bench of this Court by orders dated 07.02.2018 and 17.01.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos.2218 of 2018, 59478 of 2017 and 57292 of 2017 respectively, there is no other evidence against the petitioner except disclosure of his name with others in the confessional statement of one Santosh
Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.14222 of 2018(2) dt.13-03-2018 2/2
Kumar, the petitioner is in custody since 12.09.2017 and he has no criminal antecedent except one registered under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.
Having considered the said facts and circumstances, petitioner Santosh Kumar 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 ACJM-IV, Arwal, Jehanabad in connection with Karpi P.S. Case No.145 of 2017.
(Arun Kumar, J)
S.KUMAR/-
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner should be released on bail in a case involving murder, considering parity with other co-accusees already granted bail.
Whether the petitioner's criminal antecedents and custody status warrant rejection of his bail prayer.
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Cr. Misc. Nos.2218 of 2018, 59478 of 2017 and 57292 of 2017Referred¶12
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Santosh Kumar
The State of Bihar
Arun Kumar
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