The High Court of Judicature at Patna permitted bail for the petitioner in a criminal case involving cheating and forgery offences, requiring a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties.
Direction to enlarge the petitioner on bail on furnishing a bail bond 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.3035 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2022 Thana- SHEIKHOPUR SARAI DistrictSheikhpura
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VIKKI KUMAR @ VICKEY KUMAR @ VIKKI RAM Son Of Sanjay Ram Resident of Mohabbatpur, Police Station- Shekhopur Sarai, District Sheikhpura.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Shilpi Keshri For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR
ORAL ORDER
3 04-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The informant, who is an ASI, along with his police force had proceeded to conduct a raid at the house of the petitioner, after getting information that the petitioner along with another co-accused was cheated people by organizing illegal lucky draw. It is also alleged that after the raid was
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conducted at the house of co-accused namely, Bharat Kumar, from whom many mobiles as also one note book containing mobile numbers of several persons were recovered and data has been made available by the petitioner.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. He has committed no offence. He submitted that not a single incriminating article has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner nor at his instance. All the articles which have shown to have been recovered from the house of the petitioner belongs to the petitioner himself i.e., debit cards, mobile phones, Sim cards etc. He further submitted that the other co-accused has already been granted bail by a Co-ordindate Bench vide order dated 20.01.2023 passed in Cr. Misc No. 48991 of 2022. He is languishing in judicial custody since 20.10.2022.
The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.
Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties
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of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Sheikhpura in connection with Shekhopur Sarai P.S. Case No. 98 of 2022.
(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner should be granted bail in a case involving offences under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Vikki Kumar @ Vickey Kumar @ Vikki Ram
The State of Bihar
Sunil Kumar Panwar
As recorded by the court registry
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