Bablu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5336 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-205 Year-2024 Thana- BIHIA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Bablu Singh S/o- Late Rajendra Singh @ Raj Karan Singh, Resident of Village- Englishpur, Police Station-Bihiya, Distt.- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 15-02-2025 Heard Ld. counsel for the petitioner and Ld. APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Bihiya P.S. Case No. 205 of 2024 dated 06.07.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 308(2), 308(3), 308(40, 132 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2024.
3. As per allegation, petitioner and co-accused Balmiki Pandey, who are journalists, are alleged to have asked for Rs. 40,000/- from the informant, failing which they might run news item to destroy their career. As per further allegation, Rs.20,000/- was even paid by the informant to the accused persons.
4. Ld. counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5336 of 2025(2) dt.15-02-2025 2/3 case. He further submits that there is no specific time, date and place mentioned in the F.I.R. regarding alleged demand of money from the informant. He further submits that as a matter of fact, the petitioner may have entered into altercation with the informant in regard to illegal money being taken by him from the public.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
7. However, Ld. APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Ld. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VII, Bhojpur, Arrah, in connection with Bihiya P.S. Case No. 205 of 2024, subject to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5336 of 2025(2) dt.15-02-2025 3/3 the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, Ld. court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same. (ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, Ld. court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Jitendra Kumar, J.) ravishankar/- U T