IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.92086 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-108 Year-2025 Thana- KOTWALI District- Munger ====================================================== Aman Kumar Son of Umesh Mandal Resident Of Mohalla - Shadipur Near Chhoti Durga Asthan, P.S. - Kotwali, Dist. - Munger. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Uttam Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Lalan Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 19-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 108 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 331(3) and 305 of the B.N.S. 3. As per prosecution case, informant along with his went to his in-law’s house (sasural) after locking the house. It is alleged that on 17.05.2025 informant received information from the friend of his son on telephone that theft has been committed in his house. When the informant returned to his house, he found that the front door was locked but the back door was open. It is alleged the locker of the Godrej was open and gold mangalsutra, three gold rings, two gold mang tika, one gold jhumka and one Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.92086 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2026 2/3 gold Topas and two pairs of payal (silver) worth Rs. 2 lakh were stolen. It is further alleged that one mobile phone of Vivo company was also stolen. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in FIR. During the course of investigation, the name of the petitioner has been transpired in this case upon the confessional statement of co-accused Satyam Kumar. Except confessional statement of co-accused, there is nothing on record to demonstrate the complicity of the present petitioner with the alleged occurrence. Petitioner is not in any way connected with the alleged occurrence. Petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged in the FIR and he has falsely been implicated in this case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Petitioner bears no criminal antecedent. It has been orally submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence. 5. The learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner by submitting that the name of the petitioner has been transpired in this case on the confessional statement of co-accused Satyam Kumar and hence, petitioner cannot escape from the allegation made in FIR. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.92086 of 2025(2) dt.19-02-2026 3/3 case, keeping in view clean antecedent of petitioner, argument advanced on behalf of both sides and also taking into consideration the material available on record, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Munger in connection with Kotwali P.S. Case No. 108 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS. 7. The application stands allowed. 8. However, it is made clear that if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned trial court bringing to its notice that the petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court is not co-operating in the investigation, in that event, the learned trial court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner. alok/- (Alok Kumar Pandey, J) U T