IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19863 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-193 Year-2023 Thana- NIMCHAKBATHANI District- Gaya ====================================================== Guddu Chauhan son of Raghu Chauhan Resident of Ganpat Nagar, P.S- Nimchak Bathani, Dist- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rabindra Prasad Singh, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Damodar Prasad Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 28-04-2025 Heard Mr. Rabindra Prasad Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, learned APP for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Neemchak Bathani P.S. Case No. 193/ 2023 dated 25.10.2023 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section(s) 25(1- B) (a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act. 3. As per the prosecution’s case, two rifles and five . 315 bore live cartridges were recovered from the house of the petitioner. 4. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner’s counsel are that the instant matter relates to the recovery of firearms from the house of this petitioner, as per the prosecution’s allegation, but, in fact, the recovery was not made from the conscious possession of the petitioner and he was falsely implicated in the alleged recovery, he has been languishing in jail since 21.11.2024 and two co-accused persons, namely, Raghu Chauhan and Ravi Kumar @ Ravi Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19863 of 2025(2) dt.28-04-2025 2/2 Chauhan carrying similar nature of allegation have been granted bail by a co-ordinate bench of this court vide orders passed in Cr. Misc. No. 68317 of 2024 and Cr. Misc. No. 5399 of 2025 and the co-accused, Raghu Chauhan has criminal antecedents of four cases. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the bail prayer of the petitioner. 6. Heard both the sides and perused the FIR and the seizure memo annexed with the FIR. As per the allegation, two rifles and five live cartridges were recovered from the house of this petitioner who has remained accused in eight more criminal cases in which three cases relate to the Arms Act as well other offences of the IPC, so, considering this aspect and mainly taking into account the recovery of firearms from the house of the petitioner, this court is not inclined to release the petitioner on bail at this stage. Accordingly, his prayer stands rejected. BKS/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U T