IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67509 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2025 Thana- DARBHANGA SADAR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== RajPal Singh S/O Pratap Singh Resident of Mohalla- Subhash Nagar, (Bharatpur), Police Station- Shahar kotwaliya, Dist.- Bharatpur, Rajasthan ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms. Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 3 17-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 303(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. The case of the prosecution is that a Truck bearing Registration no.RJ-05-GP-3621, which was carrying mustard oil fell into a ditch and an intimation was given to the informant, but when he reached he found the Truck standing near a petrol pump and 1027 catroon of mustard oil worth Rs.17,81,000/- were found missing. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be evident from the F.I.R. itself that truck in question had fell into ditch in the night of 13.01.2025, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67509 of 2025(3) dt.17-01-2026 2/3 whereafter an information with regard to the same was given to the owner. The theft of the cartoon of mustard oil had occurred with regard to which a sanha was also filed before the S.H.O., Sadar Darbhanga by the driver Tejveer Singh. So far as the petitioner is concerned, it has been submitted that in the bail rejection order, the petitioner has been wrongly referred to as the owner of the Truck, whereas he is the guarantor and he has no role whatsoever in the theft of the articles loaded in the concerned Truck and the present case has been lodged only with a view to put pressure in order to recover the loss incurred by the informant. 5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and considering the fact that there has been a delay of three days in lodging of the First Information Report and further considering the fact that the petitioner only happens to be the guarantor of the said Truck having no complicity in the alleged offence, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67509 of 2025(3) dt.17-01-2026 3/3 furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Darbhanga Sadar P.S. Case No. 18 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. anand/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T