This High Court granted pre-arrest bail to petitioners 3, 5, and 6 in an encroachment case pending before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate at Darbhanga.
Release on bail of Rs. 25,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount on arrest or surrender within four weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66720 of 2022
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-216 Year-2022 Thana- KUSHESHWARASTHAN DistrictDarbhanga
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... ... Petitioners
Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party
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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Arun Kumar Mandal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akhileshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER
3 29-04-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 and Mr. Akhileshwar Dayal, learned APP for the State.
Petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 in the present case are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Kusheshwar Asthan P.S. Case No. 216 of 2022 vide G.R. No. 420 of 2022 registered on 12.06.2022 for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149,
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188, 109, 353, 384, 504, 506, 120(B) of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 have no criminal antecedent.
As per the prosecution story, on the written information of one Praveen Kumar Singh in respect of apprehension of encroachment over his personal land by Mahadalits, a police officer was conducting the inquiry and in the meantime, on 12.06.2022 a Chowkidar deputed at the disputed land informed about ongoing construction of thatched houses by Mahadalits over the disputed land on which informant, police officer along with other police personnel reached there and witnessed 50-60 thatched houses got constructed by FIR named 34 accused persons along with 50-60 unknown persons including these petitioners and on being objected they refused to budge and also failed to give any valid papers in respect of that land.
Learned counsel for the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 submits that they are not involved in encroachment over the said land. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the instant case.
Learned APP for the State is present and has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6.
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Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case wherein it is submitted that the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 on whose behalf this application is being pressed are not involved in encroachment over the government land or private land, despite opportunity given by this Court to the State to file counter affidavit and produce the case diary, neither the counter affidavit has been filed nor the case diary has been produced, in such circumstances, this Court directs that the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 above-named in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from today shall be released on bail in connection with Kusheshwar Asthan P.S. Case No. 216 of 2022 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupess Twenty Five Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga, District- Darbhanga subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6 have concealed their criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner nos. 3, 5 and 6. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the
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above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in
the name of verification.
The writ application is allowed.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioners Nos. 3, 5 and 6 are entitled to granting of pre-arrest bail in the pending criminal case.
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