Ashish Kumar @ Nitish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7682 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-419 Year-2025 Thana- BELAGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Ashish Kumar @ Nitish Kumar Son of Shri Saryu Prasad Gupta @ Sarju Sao Resident of Village- Kohra, P.S.- Tehta, District- Jehanabad (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Harsh Vardhan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2.The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioner apprehending his arrest in connection with Belaganj P.S. Case No. 419 of 2025 instituted for the offence under Section 310(2) of B.N.S.
3. The case of the prosecution is that some unknown miscreants forcefully entered in the house of the informant. They tied the informant in his house and his wife. Gagged their mouth with tape. One of them held a knife on the neck of the informant's daughter demanded almirah's key. It is alleged that all the accused persons took away informant's wife jewellery along with Rs. 1,80,000/- in cash and also 40 grams of his mother's jewellery from the adjacent room. All the robbers have
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7682 of 2026(2) dt.09-02-2026 2/3 masked their face and two were carrying pistol and another had a knife. They picked the looted items into his daughter's school bag and locked the family members inside the room.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has falsely been implicated in this case. FIR was lodged against unknown miscreants. During investigation, one co-accused Shakti Paswan has given his confessional statement and in his confessional statement, he has named this petitioner. Nothing has been recovered from the possession of this petitioner. From perusal of the order of the learned trial court, it is clear that the recovery of some articles were made from the possession of one Shakti Paswan. Save and except the confessional statement of Shakti Paswan, there is nothing against this petitioner.
5. In contra, learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the prayer of bail of the petitioner.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today and in the event of his arrest or surrender
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.7682 of 2026(2) dt.09-02-2026 3/3 in connection with Belaganj P.S. Case No. 419 of 2025, he will 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Shubham/- U T