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2026 DAILYLAW 35440 (PAT)

Pramod Sah @ Pramod Kumar v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./27995/2025 · 2026-01-07

Nawneet Kumar Pandey

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27995 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2021 Thana- BRAHMPURA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Pramod Sah @ Pramod Kumar S/O Late Nagendra Sah R/O Village- Krishna Toli, Brij Bihari Gali, P.S- Brahampura, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar Bihar 2. rajesh kumar choudhary S/o ganaur choudhary, R/o Pankaj Market, Gola Road, Muzaffarpur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Madan Mohan For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Abhay Kumar Roy For the Informant : Mr. Madan Kumar Ms. Divya ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 10 07-01-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Brahmpura P.S. Case No. 211 of 2021, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 406 of the IPC and 138 of the N.I. Act. 3. According to allegation, the petitioner took Rs. 60 lakhs from the informant for opening a cold storage but did not return the money. The petitioner handed over six cheques, which were dishonoured. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27995 of 2025(10) dt.07-01-2026 2/2 that the informant was asked by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court to furnish the ITR disclosing the cash payment of such a huge amount of money, but the ITR does not contain minute details of the same. He has further submitted that the petitioner has been in custody for more than two years. 5. On the other hand, the learned counsel for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail by submitting that the petitioner was granted provisional bail on his assurance of payment of the money, but he did not adhere to his words. Due to non-payment, the provisional bail was cancelled. 6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, the learned trial court is directed to make every endeavour to conclude the trial within a period of three months. If the trial is not concluded within the stipulated period, the petitioner will be at liberty to renew his prayer for bail. 7. With these observations, the criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of. Nirmal/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U T