Research › Search › Judgment

Patna High Court · body

2026 DAILYLAW 45155 (PAT)

Suman Kumar Sudhakar v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./90271/2025 · 2026-01-16

Ashok Kumar Pandey

body2026

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90271 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-215 Year-2025 Thana- Gidhaur District- Jamui ====================================================== Suman Kumar Sudhakar, S/O Late Sachidanand Prasad Singh, R/O Village- Badi Manghagai, P.S- Gangta, Distt.- Munger. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sunil Kumar Pathak, Advocate Mr. Surya Narayan Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 16-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Gidhaur P.S. Case No. 215 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 179 and 3(5) of the B.N.S. 3. The case of the prosecution is that the petitioner was apprehended with four counterfeit currencies of Rs. 500/- The petitioner has gone to a grocery shop. Some disputes arise between the shopkeeper and the petitioner. Meanwhile, shopkeeper called the police and police has apprehended him. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90271 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 2/2 committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. No test has been conducted regarding the genuinity of the alleged currencies and it is only the satisfaction of the police and the informant that the currency is counterfeit. It has also been submitted that similarly situated co-accused, namely, Ravindra Prasad Singh has been granted bail by this Court vide Cr. Misc.No. 84094 of 2025. The case of this petitioner stands on similar footing. He is having no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial custody since 18.09.2025. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State has vehemently opposed the application for bail. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M., Jamui in connection with Gidhaur P.S. Case No. 215 of 2025. lata/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T