The High Court of Patna allowed bail to the petitioner in a dacoity case after examining submissions regarding lack of recovered evidence against him and considering the conditions for his release.
Petitioner directed to be released on bail on furnishing a bond of Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of the like amount each.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42944 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-566 Year-2020 Thana- WAJIRGANJ District- Gaya
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Binod Paswan, S/O Ranjan Paswan @ Rajan Paswan, Resident of villageKasiyadih , P.S.- Wazirganj, District- Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anand Mohan Prasad Mehta, APP ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER
3 18-01-2023
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
Let the defect (s), as pointed out by the office, be removed within a period of four weeks.
In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 566 of 2020 registered for the alleged offences under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per prosecution case, a number of dacoits entered into the house of the informant and assaulted him with butt of gun. They looted a number of jewellary items, number of household articles and amount of Rs. 70,000/-. The name of the petitioner surfaced during investigation as one of the accused person.
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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case merely on suspicion. The petitioner has been named in this case on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Anuj Paswan. Nothing incriminating has been recovered from the possession of this petitioner or at his instance. The petitioner and other co-accused persons were arrested in Chandauti P.S. Case No. 27 of 2021 and some articles were recovered from the possession of this petitioner but the said articles have not been put to any Test Identification Parade. The petitioner is in custody since 13.04.2022 and the charge-sheet has been submitted in this case.
Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail submitting that the petitioner is a habitual offender and accused in a number of cases of similar nature.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the fact that no recovery has been shown from this petitioner of looted articles in this case as submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner and further considering the period of custody of the petitioner along with submission of charge-sheet against him, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42944 of 2022(3) dt.18-01-2023 3/3
bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-1, Gaya in connection with Wazirganj P.S. Case No. 566 of 2020, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 437(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and also the following conditions :
(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.
(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.
(iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned.
(Arun Kumar Jha, J)
balmukund/-
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner be released on bail in connection with the dacoity case.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Binod Paswan
The State of Bihar
Arun Kumar Jha
As recorded by the court registry
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