LAWS(JHAR)-2011-4-124

AMIT @ SANTOSH KUMAR Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

Decided On April 29, 2011
Amit @ Santosh Kumar Appellant
V/S
STATE OF JHARKHAND Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner and learned Counsel appearing for the State.

(2.) LEARNED Counsel appearing for the Petitioner submitted that when Love Bhatia was kidnapped for ransom and was kept confined in a house at Dhurwa the police on getting tip -off reached over there to recover the victim but there ensued encounter in between the police party and the miscreants and in that shoot out, three miscreants were killed whereas Raju Choubey @ Rajendra Kumar Choubey, Amit @ Santosh Kumar and Alok Kumar Singh were apprehended and the police got the victim released from the captivity. Thereupon, the police came to know that the other miscreants are going away in a vehicle towards Patna. On such information when one vehicle Raino was intercepted at Barhi this Petitioner and also two other persons, namely, Arvind Rai and Rakesh Kumar, who were suspected to be the culprit, were apprehended.

(3.) LEARNED Counsel in this respect further submitted that the photograph of the Petitioner had also been published in the newspaper and in that view of the matter, the Petitioner deserves to be admitted on bail and that the Petitioner has been in custody since 31.7.2009.