Anil Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1563 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-100 Year-2024 Thana- PRATAPGANJ District- Supaul ====================================================== Anil Kumar S/o Arjun Mehta Resident of Village- Kolhua, P.S.- Shankarpur, Distrit- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kamal Kishore Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Mohammed Arif ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 394, 307 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. The FIR has been lodged against unknown criminals who came on two motorcycles and snatched Rs. 25,290/-, one mobile and one blue tooth from the informant on gun point.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be apparent from the First Information Report that the same has been lodged against unknown and the only suspicion in the FIR has been raised against one Mithilesh. Subsequently, the name of the petitioner has transpired during the course of investigation in the confessional statement of one apprehended accused Nitesh Kumar whose confessional statement has been

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1563 of 2025(3) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 recorded in paragraph-16 of the case diary. Even upon consideration of the confessional statement, it would appear that the petitioner did the work of a liner and he was not amongst one of the four persons who had committed the actual occurrence.

5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail, besides others, on the ground that the petitioner is an accused in one more case to which learned counsel for the petitioner responds by stating that the petitioner is on bail in the said case.

6. Considering all the above mentioned facts and circumstances, let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on 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 Pratapganj P.S. Case No. 100 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

devendra/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T