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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86965 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-38 Year-2025 Thana- GARVANDANGA District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Ajay Kumar Sah, Son of Dilip Lal Sah R/o Ward No. 06, Jiyapokher, P.S.- Jiyapokher, District - Kishanganj ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mrs. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 09-01-2026 Heard Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mrs. Madhuri Lata, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Garbandanga P.S. Case No. 38 of 2025 dated 22.08.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 319(2), 318(4), 336(2), 338 and 336(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66 (C) and 66(D) of the I.T. Act.
3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner’s counsel are that the petitioner bears no criminal antecedent and has been languishing in jail since 23.08.2025, and against him, the investigation has been completed. It is further submitted that the investigating officer has not conducted any technical examination to collect electronic evidence to show the connection of the computers allegedly used by the petitioner in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86965 of 2025(2) dt.09-01-2026 2/2 his cyber cafe while issuing the alleged residential certificates, further, the I.O. did not record the statements of the concerned persons in whose favour the alleged residential certificates are said to have been issued from the petitioner’s cyber cafe. It is lastly submitted that one co-accused, namely Rajan Kumar, has been granted bail by the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 16.12.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 86100 of
2025.
4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
5. Considering the aforesaid submissions and mainly the petitioner’s young age and the completion of investigation against him and his custody period, this Court is inclined to release him on bail. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court in connection with Garbandanga P.S. Case No. 38 of 2025.
maynaz/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U T