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2026 DAILYLAW 26579 (PAT)

Deepak Kumar v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./21538/2026 · 2026-07-15

Partha Sarthy

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21538 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-32 Year-2025 Thana- Chitragupta Nagar District- Khagaria ====================================================== Deepak Kumar S/o Kailash Sharma R/o Village and P.S - Beldour, District - Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 3 15-07-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Chitragupt Nagar P.S. Case no.32 of 2025 (G.R. no.810 of 2025) registered under sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. As per the prosecution case, the allegation against the accused persons is of having manufactured documents/sale deeds and of having got jamabandi done in their favour on the basis of those forged documents. It is stated that in the creation of the false jamabandis, the district in-charge of the CBSL agency ie the petitioner as also the operator Ritesh Kumar and Keshav Kumar have a hand and thus the FIR. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21538 of 2026(3) dt.15-07-2026 2/3 petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. From the contents of the FIR itself, it would transpire that the nature of allegation against the petitioner is with respect to a civil dispute relating to jamabandi of the land in question. The allegations levelled against the petitioner are categorically denied. The co- accused Ritesh Kumar has been enlarged on bail vide order dated 16.9.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. no.44438 of 2025. The petitioner is in custody since 17.1.2026 and has no criminal antecedent. Chargesheet has been submitted in the case. 5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegation against the petitioner in the FIR, the material that has transpired in course of investigation, grant of bail to co-accused Ritesh Kumar by the aforesaid order dated 16.9.2025, the petitioner being in custody for over 5 months since 17.1.2026 and investigation in the case having concluded with submission of the chargesheet, the Court directs the petitioner to be enlarged on bail in connection with Chitragupt Nagar P.S. Case no.32 of 2025 (G.R. no.810 of 2025) on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/ (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21538 of 2026(3) dt.15-07-2026 3/3 satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Khagaria. Saurabh/- (Partha Sarthy, J) U T