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Moti Poddar vs The State Of Bihar on 1 September, 2010

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Moti Poddar vs The State Of Bihar on 1 September, 2010
                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                                   Cr.Misc. No.32143 of 2010
                                              MOTI PODDAR
                                                  Versus
                                         THE STATE OF BIHAR
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2. 01.09.2010. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner

and the State.

The petitioner is languishing in custody

in a case registered under Sections 342,

323,307/34 of the I.P.C. and Section ¾ of the

Prohibition of Witch (Daain) Practices Act,

1991.

It is alleged against the petitioner and

another that they had feeling that one Chhotu

Kumar died due to art of witchcraft practiced by

the informant as a result of which the informant

was being assaulted.

It is submitted by the learned counsel

for the petitioner that the accused Raj Kumar

Chaudhary alias Kumar and Bhoja Chaudhary have

been granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No. 14799 of

2010 and statement to that effect has been made

in paragraph no. 10 of the petition.

Considering the aforesaid facts, let the

petitioner above named be released on bail on

furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/-(Ten

Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount
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each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M.,

Saharsa in connection with Simri Bakhtiarpur

P.S. Case No. 260 of 2009.

U.K.                               (Dinesh Kumar Singh,J.)