High Court of Patna granted pre-arrest bail to petitioners in a criminal case involving Sections 147, 148, 149, 420, 467, and 468 IPC, citing delay and bail to other co-accused.
Released on bail on furnishing bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.5655 of 2018
Arising Out of PS.Case No. -2542 Year- 2015 Thana -SIWAN COMPLAINT CASE DistrictSIWAN
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.... .... Petitioner/s
Versus
.... .... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kaushal Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Sri Zainul Abedin, APP
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counsel for the State.
The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Complaint Case No. 2542 of 2015 registered under Sections 147, 148, 149, 420, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code.
Regard being had to the inordinate and unexplained
delay in institution of the complaint as also the fact that several other co-accused having more or less similar allegation have already been granted pre-arrest bail by different orders passed by a Bench of this Court, in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks from today, the petitioners are directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of
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Rs.10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-III, Siwan in connection with Complaint Case No. 2542 of 2015, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Ashwani Kumar Singh, J)
Pradeep/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioners entitled to pre-arrest bail given inordinate delay and bail granted to co-accused.
2 provisions across 2 enactments
Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Prasad
Geeta Devi
The State of Bihar
Ram Nath Sah
Ashwani Kumar Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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