IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90102 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-147 Year-2025 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Md. Sharif @ Katku @ Md. Sharif Mansuri @ Katku Mian @ Karku S/O Late Md. Zafar Resident of Village- Ghorghat, P.S- Sultanganj, Distt.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ravi Prakash Dwivedi, Adv. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Rajiv Nayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 13-01-2026 Heard the parties. 2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 147/ 2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section 111 of the BNS and under sections 25(1-AA), 25(1), 25(1-B)(c), 26, 28 and 35 of the Arms Act. 3. As per the allegation, on receipt of secret information that in the house of petitioner, a mini gun factory was being run, raid was conducted and several manufactured firearms and equipments for manufacturing firearms were recovered. 4. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner’s counsel are that the petitioner, who is an old person, has been languishing in jail since 08.08.2025, at the time of alleged Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90102 of 2025(2) dt.13-01-2026 2/2 recovery he was not present in his house, he was not apprehended on the spot and the recovery of firearms and equipments purportedly used for manufacturing firearms was made in his absence. 5. The learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the bail prayer of the petitioner. 6. Considering the seriousness of the allegation appearing against the petitioner and as per prosecution he was found running mini gun factory in his house and several equipments used for manufacturing the firearms as well as manufactured firearms were recovered from his house coupled with the criminal antecedent of one case against him relating to the offences under the Arms Act, this court is not inclined to release the petitioner on bail. Accordingly, his prayer stands rejected. BKS/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U T