High Court of Patna granted regular bail to Sanjay Rai in Katra PS Case No. 219/2018 for murder, withdrawal, and conspiracy offences. Bail was granted after noting submission of charge-sheet and similar cases where co-accused were released.
Petitioner released on bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48660 of 2021
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-219 Year-2018 Thana- KATRA District- Muzaffarpur
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SANJAY RAI @ SANJAY KUMAR YADAV S/o RAMSAKAL RAI R/o VILLAGE-SINGHWARI, P.S- KATRA, DISTRICT-MUZAFFARPUR.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Das, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, APP ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER
2 08-02-2022
Heard Mr. Pankaj Kumar Das, learned counsel for
the petitioner and Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, learned APP for the State via virtual conferencing.
Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Katra PS Case No. 219/2018 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302, 120(B)/34 of the IPC.
As per prosecution case, son of the informant left his house in a Maruti-800 Car in drunken state and met with an accident at two places. Thereafter, Choukidar , Ram Ekbal Rai and a passersby left his son near the shop of one Md. Shiblish and in the morning, the said Choukidar , Ram Ekbal Rai and one Navin Thakur gave information regarding murder of informant’s son whose body was having bullet and knife injuries upon head and neck.
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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been implicated in this case on the basis of political rivalry inasmuch as mother of the petitioner participated in the Panchayat Election and petitioner was an active member to support her mother, Somari Devi. He further submits that similarly situated co-accused, Gaurav Kumar vide Cr. Misc. No. 45639/2019, Ritesh Sah vide Cr. Misc. No. 8703/2021, Md. Ali Hasan @ Md. Shiblish vide Cr. Misc. No . 74092/2019 have been granted bail by Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and one another co-accused, namely, and Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Ranjan has also been granted bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 36445/2021.
Learned counsel next submits that petitioner is in custody since 11.01.2021 and the charge-sheet has been submitted in the matter.
Having regards to the submissions made by the parties and taking into consideration the material on record and the fact that similarly situated co-accused persons have been granted bail by this Court, petitioner is in custody since 11.01.2021 and the charge-sheet has been submitted in the matter, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner subject to the conditions that (1) petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be
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properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bonds shall be cancelled by the court below and (2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
Accordingly, let the petitioner, SANJAY RAI @ SANJAY KUMAR YADAV be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 8th Additional Sessions Judge, Muzaffarpur in connection with Katra PS Case No. 219/2018.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner in a murder case considering similar co-accused have been granted bail.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
Gaurav KumarReferred¶17
Cr. Misc. No. 45639/2019
Ritesh SahReferred¶17
Cr. Misc. No. 8703/2021
Md. Ali Hasan @ Md. ShiblishReferred¶17
Cr. Misc. No. 74092/2019
Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh RanjanReferred¶17
Cr. Misc. No. 36445/2021
Sanjay Rai @ Sanjay Kumar Yadav
The State of Bihar
Anil Kumar Sinha
As recorded by the court registry
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