IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13432 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2016 Thana- CHAKAI District- Jamui ====================================================== Jamuna Singh S/O Late Khem Narayan Singh Resident of Village- Chauki, P.S.- Bhelwaghati, District- Giridih, Jharkhand. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar, Advocate : Mr. Abhay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Indiwar Kumari, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 5 19-06-2026 Heard Mr. Ajit Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Dr. Indiwar Kumari, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since 23.10.2024 in connection with Chakai P.S. Case No. 57 of 2016 for the offences punishable under Sections 16,17,18,19,20,21 and 22 of UAP Act. 3. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the informant lives with her family members in village Gavdi P.S. Chakai, District- Jamui. In her village the group of Surangda and Sikoda used to come quite often and stay in the village and informant recognized regular members of Naxal Dasta who are resident of her adjacent village. On 21/05/2016 at about Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13432 of 2026(5) dt.19-06-2026 2/4 11:30AM Surang Da, Sidhkora, Lal Mohan Da along with Ishwar Rana and Govind Mandal, Tejo Mandal, Ramesh Morwadi, Baso Mandal, Yogesheswar Mandal, Suresh Suri, Jamuna Singh (petitioner) and about 20 naxals came to her house and took her husband to nearby hut of Tejo mandal which was about 50 feet from her house. In the hut Naxals had kept one Mukesh Rai in captive and enquiring about his role as spy and also assaulting him. The further case of informant is that at about 12:30 in the night sound of cry was heard and then she saw that the Naxals had cut the head of three persons with Kulhari. The Naxals were also speaking that they have taken revenge of Chirag Da. In the morning the informant saw the dead body of Joginder Turi and Mukesh Rai and 10 feet away on the road the dead body of her husband Tipan mandal was lying and in his hand Naxali parcha was also lying. The Cause of action for the present occurrence as per the informant is that Tejo mandal of her village used to cut jungle with the help of naxalites and her husband and other two deceased were opposing cutting of jungle and they had also got Tejo Mandal apprehended by the police and for that naxals had threatened the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13432 of 2026(5) dt.19-06-2026 3/4 petitioner has clean antecedent and is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the allegation as alleged in the FIR is forged and fabricated and the petitioner has not committed any offence as alleged in the FIR. Learned counsel for the petitioner next submits that the petitioner has been made an accused in the present case merely on the ground that he has opposed the activity of the deceased person. It is next submitted that the deceased person belongs to the naxalite group. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that for the same set of allegation, co-accused persons, namely, Ramesh Marandi and Baso Mandal have been granted regular bail by different co- ordinate Benches of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 49583 of 2017 and Cr. Misc. No. 36528 of 2018 respectively and the petitioner is in custody since 23.10.2024 5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-I-cum-Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Jamui in Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13432 of 2026(5) dt.19-06-2026 4/4 connection with Chakai P.S. Case No. 57 of 2016, subject to the following conditions:- i. Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be 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. ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail. iii. 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 antecedent, 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. Gaurav Sinha/- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) U T