IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76633 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-428 Year-2025 Thana- BIHAR District- Nalanda ====================================================== Chandan Kumar @ Chandan Yadav s/o Ashok Yadav R/o Mohalla- Khandakpar, PS- BIHAR, DISTRICT- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Pramod Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Raj Kishor Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 4 24-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 25(1-b)a, 26, 35 of the Arms Act. 3. As per FIR, country made pistol was recovered from one room of the petitioner. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the case originated on the basis of the fact that one Karu Paswan was seen in a viral video brandishing pistol in his hand and when the police approached him, he disclosed that he kept the said pistol in the house of his friend who is the present petitioner. The said pistol was recovered from the house of the petitioner, however, there is no independent witness to the seizure list and there is complete non-compliance of Section 103 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76633 of 2025(4) dt.24-02-2026 2/2 of the B.N.S.S. Further, the petitioner is in custody since 13.07.2025 with no criminal antecedent and charge-sheet has already been submitted. 5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for bail. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the recovery has been made at the instance of one Karu Paswan who owns responsibility for the same, coupled with the fact that the petitioner has clean antecedent, let the above named petitioner, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Bihar P.S. Case No. 428 of 2025. devendra/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T