The Patna High Court refused bail to a petitioner facing charges for extortion (Section 386 IPC) due to his extensive criminal antecedents. The Court directed the District Judge to expedite trial proceedings across multiple cases.
Bail application rejected; directed District Judge to transfer all pending cases for expeditious day-to-day trial.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41846 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-461 Year-2016 Thana- MOTIHARI TOWN District- East
Champaran
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TUNNA SINGH @ HARI NARAYAN SINGH Son of Late Binda Singh Resident of Village - Nankhar Patahi, P.s.- Patahi, Distt.- East Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP ======================================================
The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Motihari Town in P.S. Case No. 461 of 2016 registered for the offence under Section 386 of the Indian Penal Code.
The allegation against the petitioner is of demand of extortion and he has 14 criminal antecedents.
Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner has tried to convince this Court by stating that the petitioner is in custody since 2017 in connection with other cases and therefore, he may be granted bail.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41846 of 2022(3) dt.18-01-2023 2/2
Learned counsel for the State submits that in view of the antecedents, he should not be granted bail.
In view of the facts and considering the criminal antecedents as mentioned above, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
The District Judge, Motihari is directed to transfer all the cases in which the petitioner is facing trial in a particular Court having jurisdiction to try those cases and will get the trial concluded expeditiously on day to day basis.
With the aforesaid direction, the application for bail of the petitioner is rejected.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
Vikas/Shishir
U T
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner despite his criminal antecedents and long-term custody in other cases.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Tunna Singh @ Hari Narayan Singh
State of Bihar
Sandeep Kumar
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