Petitioner sought anticipatory bail for alleged offences under the Indian Penal Code. The court granted bail, noting the petitioner was an outsider to the parties involved.
Granted release on bail with bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18505 of 2020
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-182 Year-2017 Thana- LAXMIPUR District- Jamui
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BANARSI MANDAL Son of Late Shivdhari Mandal Resident of VillageKairabado, P.S-Gidhaur, District-Jamui.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
============================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ram Anurag Singh ============================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER
2 10-07-2020
Heard Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sinha, learned counsel
for the petitioner and Mr. Ram Anurag Singh, learned APP for the State.
The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in connection with Laxmipur (Gighaur) P.S. Case No. 182/17 dated 02.09.2017 instituted for the offences under Sections 147, 149, 323, 364, 366(A) and 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code.
The allegation in the First Information Report is that the son of the informant was kidnapped for the purposes of marriage and an effort was made to force the entry of the bride along with the groom in the house of the
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informant. In this process, the petitioner also is said to have helped at the time of forcibly making the bride enter the house of the informant.
Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that he is not related either to the boy side or to the girl side but has been made accused in this case because of his being a co-villager. Under similar circumstances, one of the co-accused of this case has been granted regular bail by a Bench of this Court.
Regard being had to the nature of accusation against the petitioner and his being a person of clean antecedent and a complete outsider to the family of either the informant or the other accused persons, he is directed to be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate -IV, Jamui, in connection with Laxmipur (Gighaur) P.S. Case
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No. 182/17, subject to the condition laid down under Section
438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure
(Ashutosh Kumar, J)
sunilkumar/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is eligible to be released on anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC.
Banarsi Mandal
The State of Bihar
Ashutosh Kumar
As recorded by the court registry
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