The Patna High Court granted bail to the petitioner in a CBI case involving theft of NSC/KVP worth Rs. 40 Cr and corruption charges, ordering a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties.
Petitioner released on bail on furnishing bonds of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties to the learned Special Judge, CBI-II, Patna.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5365 of 2019
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-1 Year-2008 Thana- C.B.I CASE District- Patna
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Nawal Kishore S/o Late Jhari Lal Das Resident of Village- Lallu Pokhar, Mishra Colony , P.S- Kasim Bazar, District- Munger
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar through C.B.I. Patna, Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. R. S. Roy, Sr. Adv. Mr.Karuna Nath Sahay, Adv. For the CBI : Mr.Bipin Kumar Sinha, S.C. (CBI) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHIR SINGH ORAL ORDER
6 18-07-2019
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered under Sections 120B, 411, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The FIR has been lodged by the order of Hon’ble High Court dated 19-08-2008 in CWJC No. 660 of 2006. The FIR relates to theft of NSC & KVP of Rs. 40 Crores approximately.
It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no allegation of tampering of witnesses alleged against the petitioner. The petitioner is in custody since 05-06-2018. Charge sheet has already been submitted. The petitioner has been made accused in the present case due to mistake of fact. The petitioner
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is a government employee and he will not abscond if he is enlarged on bail. He will fully cooperate with the trial. He has already remained in custody for more than a year. The other several co-accused with similar allegation have been granted bail by coordinate benches of this court vide orders dated 23.08.2011, 29.09.2011, 03.05.2012, 28.05.2012, 22.08.2012 and 07.02.2019 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 24920 of 2011, 29828 of 2011, 17386 of 2012, 21081 of 2012, 30538 of 2012 and 2444 of 2019 respectively.
On behalf of the State, it is submitted that the petitioner is named in the Complaint Case/F.I.R.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Special Judge, CBI-II, Patna in connection with Case No. RC 1(S)/2008, Special Case No. 04 of 2017.
(Sudhir Singh, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner should be released on bail in a case involving theft of NSC/KVP and cheating under the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Nawal Kishore
State of Bihar through C.B.I. Patna
Sudhir Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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