Kundan Kumar @ Pankaj Kumar Gunjan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8874 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-119 Year-2023 Thana- SARAI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Kundan Kumar @ Pankaj Kumar Gunjan, S/o Parbhu Narayan @ Parbhu Rai, R/o Village - Mukundpur, P. S. - Sarai, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hemant Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mohammad Sufyan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 15-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sarai P.S. Case No. 119 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 394, 411 of the IPC.

3. As per prosecution case, four unknown accused persons came in Bolero car and stopped the pick up van of the informant and taken out Rs. 20,000/- from his pocket and one of them fled away with the pick up van who was later on apprehended. The apprehended accused person has disclosed the name of the petitioner as owner of the said Bolero.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to the reason he is the owner of the Bolero and the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8874 of 2025(2) dt.15-04-2025 2/2 driver Vijay Kumar had gone to Muzaffarpur for some work and during his return the dispute arose between the driver and the pick up van regarding overtaking due to which the informant exaggerated the matter and lodged FIR. There is no recovery of any looted article or vehicle from possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Petitioner undertakes to cooperate in the investigation of the present case.

5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the order, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the concerned Court where the case is pending in connection with Sarai P.S. Case No. 119 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) khushbu/- U T