Akash Kumar Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6883 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-84 Year-2025 Thana- BISHANPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Akash Kumar Sah S/o- Devendra Kumar Sah @ Devendra Sah R/o VillageTaralahi Ps-Bahadurpur Dist- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Baidyanath Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bisanpur P.S. Case No.84 of 2025, dated 02.06.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 310(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. The informant alleged that on 31.05.2025, while travelling with his family from Hajipur to Darbhanga (Bakarganj) in a booked tempo, 5-10 unknown armed persons intercepted the vehicle near Bhasaul Chowk. They took the tempo into a forest, searched their luggage, and threatened to kill them unless money was paid. The informant transferred money via mobile, after which the miscreants snatched jewellery worth about Rs.2.5 lakhs from his sister and wife and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6883 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 2/3 also took a trolley bag containing Rs.20,000 in cash.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced solely on the basis of the confessional statement made by the co-accused, Sundar Yadav, while nothing incriminating has been recovered either from the conscious possession of the petitioner or from his house, which was searched in his absence. There is a delay of three days in lodging the FIR, for which no explanation has been offered, and the petitioner has been implicated at the instance of the informant, who is a liquor trader. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.
5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, 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 A.D.J.-VIIth, Darbhanga/Successor Court in connection with Bisanpur P.S.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6883 of 2026(2) dt.04-02-2026 3/3 Case No.84 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS as well as the following conditions: (i) One of the bailors should be the family member/relative of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T