IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25202 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-54 Year-2025 Thana- IMADPUR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Sumit Kumar @ Sumit Yadav Son of Vinod Singh @ Vinod Yadav Resident of village Saidanpur, P.S.-Tarari, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2026 Heard Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, learned APP for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 09.09.2025, in connection with Imadpur P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 26.04.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 309(4), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023. 3. The F.I.R. of the occurrence of loot is against unknown. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person namely Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25202 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/3 Ankush Raj and nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner rather recovery has been made from co-accused person and till date no TIP was conducted by the prosecution. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner on 13.10.2025 and the petitioner is in custody since 09.09.2025. 5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner carries five more cases other than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail petition that the petitioner is on bail in the pending matters. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person and till date no TIP was conducted by the prosecution, let the petitioner, above named, be released 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 learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Imadpur P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, subject to the following conditions :- (1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25202 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 3/3 properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below. (2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail. (3) 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 criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification. Ibrar//- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U T