The Hon'ble High Court of Patna granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner in a case involving hacking of passwords, black market coal trade, and offences under various IPC sections, subject to conditions and a six-week surrender period.
Anticipatory bail granted for surrender within six weeks upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000 with two sureties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20240 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-41 Year-2014 Thana- RAHIKA District- Madhubani
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Pan Babu Kewat Son of Rewalal Kewat, Fesser M/s Nishad Coke Industrial Pichhari (Petawar) Bokaro, Distt.- Bokaro, State Jharkhand, Resident of Village - Kewat Tola, Near Hari Mandir, Chalkani Uttari Chalkani Jaridih Bazar, P.S.- Bokaro, Distt.- Bokaro, State Jharkhand.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shailendra Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Md. Shakir Ahmad ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 02-04-2019
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 472, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
Allegation is that the accused persons including the petitioner hacked the user name and password of the complainant/informant and changed the mobile number and used to black market coal.
It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent. There is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner has been made accused due to mistake
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of fact. There is no allegation of hacking user name and password of the complainant. Other co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail vide Annexure 3 to the present application.
On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the F.I.R.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M. 1st , Madhubani in connection with Rahika P.S. case No.41 of 2014 corresponding to G.R. No.793 of 2014, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(Sudhir Singh, J)
Narendra/-
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2 issues framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner in the event of arrest.
Whether the petitioner is a fit case for anticipatory bail in the FIR registration against him.
2 provisions across 1 enactments
Pan Babu Kewat
The State of Bihar
Sudhir Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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