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Navratan Jhunjhunwala v. the State of Bihar

Patna HC11 Oct 2022CR. MISC./14178/2022

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Hon'ble Justice Sunil Kumar Panwar granted anticipatory bail to directors of a Durga project facing Sections 403, 420 IPC charges. Petitioners, allegedly falsely implicated in a construction dispute, requested bail. The court ordered bail bonds of Rs. 10,000 each with sureties and directed surrender within four weeks.

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Anticipatory bail granted subject to surrender within four weeks and furnishing bonds of Rs. 10,000 with two equal sureties to Judicial Magistrate.

Navratan Jhunjhunwala Vs the State of Bihar — Bail and Remand | Patna HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14178 of 2022

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-913 Year-2019 Thana- DANAPUR District- Patna

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NAVRATAN JHUNJHUNWALA Son of Om Prakash Jhunjhun Wala Director of Durga Mapple Apartment (Durga Project and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.). Resident of village - Main Branch, 1st Floor Durga Kunj, Dumri Kotti, Compund Exhibition Road, P.S.- Gandhi Maidan, Dist.- Patna at present resident of C/164, Shobha Magnotia, Banarghatta Road, P.S.Banarghatta, Distt.- Banglore South (Karnataka).

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Navneet Jhunjhunwala Son of Sri Navratan Jhunjhun Wala Director of Durga Mapple Apartment (Durga Project and Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.). Resident of village - Main Branch, 1st Floor Durga Kunj, Dumri Kotti, Compund Exhibition Road, P.S.- Gandhi Maidan, Dist.- Patna at present resident of C/164, Shobha Magnotia, Banarghatta Road, P.S.- Banarghatta, Distt.- Banglore South (Karnataka).

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State Of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vijay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Uday Chand Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER

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3 11-10-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

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APP for the State.

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The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 403, 406, 408, 418, 120(B), 420, 425, 464, 468, 471 and 477A/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

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Allegedly, it is a case of breach of trust developed between the parties in the matter of construction of flats/apartments, which were to be purchased by the informant

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14178 of 2022(3) dt.11-10-2022 2/3

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thereafter. It is also alleged that the materials used in the construction work are of poor quality. Petitioners are director and builder of the project.

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It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners have falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that other members who purchased the flats have not made any complaint against these petitioners and the said apartment is fully finished from inside as well as outside. He further submits that similarly situated co-accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court passed in Cr. Misc. No. 10030 of 2022. Petitioners have clean antecedent.

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Learned APP appearing for the State opposed the anticipatory bail.

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Considering the aforesaid submissions, let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned P.K. Maliviya, Judicial Magistrate, Ist Class, Danapur/concerned Court in connection with Danapur P.S. Case No. 913 of 2019, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14178 of 2022(3) dt.11-10-2022 3/3

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the Cr.P.C.

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(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J)

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Brajesh Kumar/-

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Navratan Jhunjhunwala v. the State of Bihar

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