IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62050 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-25 Year-2025 Thana- Bankebazar District- Gaya ====================================================== Deepak Kumar S/O Late Suresh Chandravanshi @ Late Suresh Singh R/O Vilage- Tandawa, P.S- Bankey Bazar, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mukund Mohan Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 10-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 02. In the present case, the petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bankebazar P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025 registered for the alleged offences under Sections 25(1-B)(a), 26, 35 of the Arms Act. 03. As per prosecution case, police apprehended two persons for their involvement in Bankebazar P.S. Case No. 22 of 2025, who disclosed the name of another co-accused Ashutosh Kumar and further disclosed that they shot dead one person for looting his money and motorcycle. The apprehended persons further disclosed the name of co-accused Roushan Kumar to whom they handed over the firearms used in the robbery and murder. This co-accused, Roushan Kumar, disclosed the name Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62050 of 2025(2) dt.10-09-2025 2/3 of the petitioner to whom he has given the firearms for safe keeping. A raid was conducted in the house of the petitioner and at his instance, two firearms, a pistol and a country made katta were recovered. 04. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The petitioner has nothing to do with the robbery-cum- murder in which the co-accused persons were found involved. The petitioner is just childhood friend of co-accused, Roushan Kumar, who has easy access to the house of the petitioner and the petitioner had no knowledge that co-accused Roushan Kumar has kept firearms in his house. The seizure list witnesses are the members of the police party and there is violation of Section 103 of BNSS. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner is having clean antecedent and he is in custody since 15.02.2025. Charge-sheet has been submitted. 05. Learned APP for the State opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioner. 06. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the period of custody of the petitioner and his clean antecedent along with submission of charge-sheet, the petitioner above Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62050 of 2025(2) dt.10-09-2025 3/3 named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sherghati, Gaya/court concerned in connection with Bankebazar P.S. Case No. 25 of 2025, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 480(3) of BNSS and 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. (iii) In case of absence on three consecutive dates or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the court concerned. Ashish/- (Arun Kumar Jha, J) U T