The High Court granted regular bail to the petitioner, Parmod Yadav, in a murder case involving general and omnibus allegations against him, while noting that co-accused persons had already been granted bail.
Petitioner directed to be released on bail by furnishing bonds of Rs 20,000 with two sureties.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No 19868 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-387 Year-2021 Thana- LAXMIPUR District- Jamui
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PARMOD YADAV @ PRAMOD YADAV SON OF SUFAL YADAV R/O VILLAGE- MAGHI, P.S.- LAXMIPUR, DISTRICT- JAMUI
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr Krishna Prasad Singh, Sr Advocate with Mr Shailesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP For the I n f o r m a n t : Mr Pankaj Kumar Sinha, Advocate ======================================================
... ... Opposite Party/s
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 23-05-2023 Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to remove defect (s), as pointed out by the office, if any, within a period of four weeks on resumption of physical mode.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor (for brevity, APP ) appearing for the State of Bihar.
The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Laxmipur Police Station (for brevity, PS ) Case No 387 of 2021 dated 08.12.2021 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of Arms Act.
As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-
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accused persons in connivance with one another are said to have shot the husband of the informant dead.
Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is accused in two other criminal cases, as stated in paragraph 3 of the bail petition in which he is on bail. The said cases are not related to the heinous nature of allegation like murder. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. The co-accused persons, namely, Sufal Yadav and Gautam Yadav have already been granted bail by this Court vide orders dated 28.07.2022, 27.07.2022 passed in Cr Misc No 18665 of 2022 and Cr Misc No 17763 of 2022 respectively. The petitioner is in custody in this case since 22.03.2022.
Learned counsel for the informant and learned APP have vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, period of custody as well as the allegation being general and omnibus against the petitioner, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bonds of Rs 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in Laxmipur PS Case No 387 of 2021 dated
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08.12.2021.
This application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)
M.E.H. /-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner is entitled to be released on regular bail in a murder case involving general and omnibus allegations.
Parmod Yadav @ Pramod Yadav
The State of Bihar
Chandra Prakash Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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