Rajtilak @ Sumit Raj @ Sumit Kumar @ Rajtilak Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7558 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2019 Thana- KALYANPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Rajtilak @ Sumit Raj @ Sumit Kumar @ Rajtilak Singh S/o Ashok Singh Resident of village- Tajiyapur, P.s.- Pipra, Distt.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate Ms. Rashmi Jha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-04-2025 Heard Mr. Abhishek Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 399, 402, and 412 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25(1-b)a, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act.
3. The prosecution case, on secret information about planned loot at the house of one Nand Kishore Singh by some unknown persons, police reached the spot and a raid was conducted and two co-accused persons were arrested with arms and they disclosed the name of this petitioner as the person who
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7558 of 2025(3) dt.25-04-2025 2/3 fled away from the place of occurrence after seeing the police.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused persons who were apprehended at the spot. No arms or ammunition has been recovered from conscious possession of this petitioner. Except confessional statement there is no material on record to show the complicity of this petitioner in the alleged occurrence. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused person has already been granted the privilege of bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 21.03.2022 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 699 of 2022. Petitioner is in custody since 21.10.2021.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and period of custody, the prayer for grant bail of to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned 2nd Additional Sessions Judge, East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7558 of 2025(3) dt.25-04-2025 3/3 No. 156 of 2019.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T