Bhupendra Kumar v. State

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07.10.2010 Present: Mr. Sunil K. Mittal with ivir. Kshitij jViittal, counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Navin Sharma, counsel for the State. CrI. M.A. No. 16163/2010 Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Bail AdpI. No. 1653/2010 Notice. Mr. Navin Sharma, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of the State. The present petition is filed by the petitioner under Section r/w Section 482 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner is working as Superintendant at Prayas Observation Home. The Hon'ble Chief Justice of this Court when reached there for a Meeting alongwith the Presiding Officer of Juvenile Justice Home and some other Officers, the inmates of Prayas Observation Home started shouting and abusing, as a result of which, the Hon'ble Chief Justice had to leave the premises without completing the proceedings. At that time, the petitioner also came there and he tried to pacify the inmates but after he entered the Home, the children became more violent and they started raising slogans in favour of the petitioner and they also started banging the doors with rods and dandas and damaged the furniture, papers and Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. •2-property of Prayas Observation Home. Thereafter,the children also put on fire the office of JuvenileJustice Board in the presenceof police officers. Some of the children were also raising slogan in favour of the petitionerand hitting their head and hands against the windows and damaged the windows and doors. They also started throwing computerout of the boundarywalls and also broke the windscreenof the Govt. vehicle parked in front of the Prayas Observation Home. The allegationsagainst the petitionerare that these inmates had become violent and damaged the property only at the instigation of the petitioner. Keeping in view the serious allegations levelled against the petitioner,no ground is made out for grant of anticipatorybail to the petitioner. There is no merit in the petition. The same is, therefore, dismissed. cTZv S.L.BHAYANAJ OCTOBER 07, 2010 <Kt/l