Nitish Kumar @ Nitish Kumar Chouhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11708 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2022 Thana- KISHANGANJ District- Kishanganj ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Nitish Kumar Chouhan Son of Ramu Chauhan Resident of Vill- Motibagh, Near Saraswati Mandir, P.S.- Kishanganj, DistrictKishanganj ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ram Prawesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shantanu Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 19-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 98 of 2022 dated 07.03.2022 registered for the offence punishable u/s 382 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, two unknown miscreants are alleged to have snatched Rs. 1,80,000/- from the informant when he was returning from the State Bank of India, Main Branch, Kishanganj

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11708 of 2025(2) dt.19-04-2025 2/2 possession of the petitioner. No T.I.P. has been conducted by the prosecution. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the course of investigation. The petitioner has 11 antecedents and he is on bail in 9 cases as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 04.10.2023.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Kishanganj in connection with Kishanganj P.S. Case No. 98 of 2022, with the condition ;- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T