IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31018 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2024 Thana- SARAI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Anmol Kumar Son of Nawal Rai @ Naval Rai Resident of village - Kanchanpur, Dhanushi, Ghataro Chaturbhuj, P.S.- Kartahan, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mrs. Kanak Verma, Adv. Mr. Lalitesh Mani, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Binod Kumar, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 14-08-2025 Heard the learned Advocate for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sarai P.S. Case No. 171 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 309(4) of the BNS, 2023. 3. Allegedly, on the fateful day, while the petitioner, who was holding the post of Branch Manager in Bharat Financial Innovation Limited, coming from a meeting after collecting loan of Rs. 72,875/-, in the meanwhile, he was intercepted by two motorbike riders. The miscreant sitting behind the motorbike threatened the informant with a pistol and took away the company’s collection amount of Rs. 72,875/- along with other valuables, including tab and biometric Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31018 of 2025(3) dt.14-08-2025 2/3 machines. 4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner contended that admittedly the alleged occurrence took place on 31.07.2024, but the present FIR came to be instituted on 02.08.2024, after a delay of two days. The position is admitted that he was carrying Rs. 72,875/-, which was of company’s money and despite that he has not instituted the FIR immediately. This also smack mala fide. It is further contended that during the course of investigation, one Neeraj Kumar was apprehended by the police, however, neither stolen nor any incriminating material has been recovered from his possession, but on his confession, the name of the petitioner has surfaced, based upon which the petitioner has been implicated in this case. It is further contended that in fact on account of one past criminal antecedent, as has been disclosed in the supplementary affidavit, his name has been implicated in this case, through the confessional statement of co-accused. It is further contended that both the petitioner and the informant are known to each other and had he been involved in the occurrence, he would have certainly been identified by the informant. 5. On the other hand, learned counsel for the State opposed the pre-arrest bail application and submits that the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31018 of 2025(3) dt.14-08-2025 3/3 name of the petitioner has been disclosed by the co-accused person. 6. Having considered the submissions set-forth by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that save and except the confessional statement, there is no material collected during the course of investigation, showing the connection of the petitioner with the crime, in question, coupled with the dealy in lodging of the FIR, let the petitioner above named be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000/- (twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-XIII, Vaishali in connection with Sarai P.S. Case No. 171 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. shivank/- (Harish Kumar, J) U T