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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33693 of 2025 Arising out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- JHANJHARPUR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Biru Mishra @ Veeru Mishra S/o Late Laddu Mishra Resident of village- Lal- ganj Badauli Chowk, P.S.- Lalganj, District-Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. N. K. Agarwal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Raju Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s: Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 13-08-2025 Heard Mr. N. K. Agarwal, learned senior counsel for the petitioner assisted by Mr. Raju Kumar, learned counsel and Mr. Lakshmi Kant Sharma, learned Additional Public Prosecu- tor for the state. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case instituted for the offences under Sections 304 and 3(5) of Bhar- tiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023. He has no criminal antecedent. 3. The prosecution case is to the effect that the infor- mant had withdrawn Rs. 1,00,000/- and had proceeded on tempo whereafter two motorcyclists snatched away the bag of the in- formant. It is further alleged that the miscreants were within the age of 21 to 25 years. 4. Mr. N. K. Agarwal, learned senior counsel for the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33693 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 2/4 petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely on suspicion raised through a CCTV Footage. It is further submitted that even from the CCTV Footage it cannot be said as to how the petitioner has been iden- tified by spy as admittedly the petitioner is a resident of Vaishali whereas the present case has occurred at Jhanjharpur, Mad- hubani. Learned senior counsel also submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case for some ulterior motive and no incriminating material has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner or his house. It is lastly submit- ted by learned senior counsel that the petitioner has clean an- tecedent. 5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6.
Considering the aforesaid submissions of learned counsel, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail after verification of criminal antecedent of the petitioner, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on fur- nishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Jhanjharpur,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33693 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 3/4 Madhubani in connection with Jhanjharpur P.S. Case No. 02 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with correspond- ing Section 482(2) of BNSS as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner. (ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the Court below, if so required by the learned Trial Court. (iii) In case of absence on two con- secutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be canceled by the Court concerned. (iv) And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his crim- inal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. 7. It is made clear that the observations, if any, made
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33693 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 4/4 in this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial. 8. It goes without saying that the entire process of ver- ification of the criminal antecedent of the petitioner should be completed within a period of three weeks. 9.
Till the verification of criminal antecedent of the petitioner, no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner, above named, in the aforesaid case. Vikash/- (Sourendra Pandey, J) U T