Bablu Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9360 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-10 Year-2023 Thana- JADIA District- Supaul ====================================================== Bablu Chaudhary S/o- Late Satyanarayan Chaudhary, Resident of VillageSukhashan Ward No-7, PS- Kishanpur, Dist- Supaul. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anshul Aaryan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER 26-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner in the present case has renewed his prayer to obtain regular bail in connection with Sessions Trial No. 177 of 2023 arising out of Jadia P.S. Case No. 10 of 2023 registered for the offences punishable under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code. He has got eight criminal antecedents as per paragraph '3' of the application. He is in custody since 08.12.2023.
3. Earlier the prayer for bail of the petitioner was rejected vide order dated 30.08.2023 and 13.08.2024.
4. As per the prosecution story, on 11.01.2023, the informant who is the truck driver of truck had loaded 240 bags of Makhana (each weighing 9 Kg) from one Lalit Sahni of Purnea District and left for Darbhanga at about 04:00 PM. At
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9360 of 2025(2) dt.26-09-2025 2/3 about 08:30 PM, when the informant reached near Pandeypatti Chowk under Jadiya Police Station situated at NH327E, one pickup van overtook him and forced him to stop the truck. It is alleged that the accused persons got the truck stopped, opened the gate of the truck and forcefully made him to sit in the pickup van and they captured the truck. The accused persons assaulted the informant and took away Rs.12,000/- from his pocket and one Redmi mobile phone.
5. This Court had earlier rejected the prayer of the petitioner considering his criminal antecedents.
6. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the accused who had disclosed the name of the petitioner as an accomplice and other co-accused have been granted bail by learned Co-ordinate Benches of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 44382 of 2023, Cr. Misc. No. 37289 of 2023 and Cr. Misc. No. 74668 of 2023. The trial has yet not begun in this matter and is not likely to be concluded in near future.
7. Learned APP for the State has, though, opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner but considering that the coaccused have been granted bail by learned Co-ordinate Benches of this Court and the petitioner has already remained in incarceration for over one and half year and in connection with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9360 of 2025(2) dt.26-09-2025 3/3 this case till date, only charges have been framed and the trial has yet not begun and in all other cases in which he is an accused, he has been granted bail, this Court directs that the petitioner above named be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional District and Sessions Judge II, Supaul in connection with Sessions Trial No. 177 of 2023 arising out of Jadia P.S. Case No. 10 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 437 (3) Cr.P.C.
8. And further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take steps for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.
9. This application stands allowed.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J) SUSHMA2/- U T