IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56144 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-71 Year-2023 Thana- MOKAMAH District- Patna ====================================================== Sujeet Kumar @ Jhalka @ Jhalakha S/O Dani Singh R/O Village- Simariya, P.S- Barauni (Chakia O.P.), Distt- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh, Advocate Ms. Divya Bharti, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 2 20-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Mokama P.S. Case No. 71 of 2023 instituted for the offence under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. On 21.02.2023 at about 2:45 A.M., informant, while driving a courier-loaded pickup van from Patna to Begusarai, was intercepted near NH-31 under Mokama P.S. by a white Maruti car with four armed men. They forced him out at gunpoint, snatched the vehicle’s key, hijacked the pickup with goods, and briefly abducted him in their car before releasing him near Hathidah Station. 4. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56144 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 2/3 that the petitioner is in custody since 16-06-2025. Petitioner bears five (5) criminal antecedents, as per disclosure made in paragraph No. 3 of the bail application. 5. It has been further submitted by the petitioner’s counsel that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. Petitioner is not named in the FIR. Name of the petitioner has transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co- accused, namely, Suraj @ Krishna Kumar. No recovery is made from the possession of the petitioner. Petitioner was not even put on T.I. Parade. Other co-accused has been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 19-08-2023, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 51970 of 2023. 6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner. 7. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, period of custody of the petitioner, manner of petitioner’s implication and claim based on parity, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. 8. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- (Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Mokama P.S. Case Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56144 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 3/3 No. 71 of 2023, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner. (II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. Raj Kishore/- (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) U T