Munna Kumar @ Munna Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20210 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-253 Year-2024 Thana- MOTIHARI TOWN District- East Champaran ====================================================== MUNNA KUMAR @ MUNNA KUMAR SINGH S/o Late Lagan Dev Kunwar R/O VILLAGE-PACHBHIDWA ,P.S- SUGAULI, DIST- EAST CHAMPARAN ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Shakir Ahmad, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 22-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offences punishable u/s 356 & 379 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. A perusal of the FIR would go to show that on 20.04.2024, when the informant was returning with his wife, two unknown persons on a motorcycle snatched the golden chain from the neck of his wife and fled away.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the First Information Report has been lodged against unknown and the name of the petitioner has transpired in the present case during the course of investigation on the basis of the confessional statement of co-accused and subsequently, the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20210 of 2025(4) dt.22-05-2025 2/3 petitioner's own confessional statement was also recorded. It is further submitted that the present FIR has been lodged after a delay of eleven days inasmuch as the date of occurrence is 20.04.2024, whereas the present FIR has been lodged on 02.05.2024 without any plausible explanation for the same. It is next submitted that no incriminating article has been recovered from physical and conscious possession of the petitioner and no TIP has also been held. Further, it is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he has been languishing in custody since 29.06.2024 and charge sheet has also been submitted against him.
5. Learned APP for the State, however, opposes the prayer for bail on the ground that petitioner has criminal antecedents.
6. Considering the fact that there is no recovery from the physical and conscious possession of the petitioner and he is in custody since 29.06.2024 and also that charge sheet has already been submitted against him, the above named petitioner is directed to 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 the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20210 of 2025(4) dt.22-05-2025 3/3 Motihari Town P.S. Case No. 253 of 2024, subject to the condition that the petitioner shall remain physically present in the learned Court below on each and every date till framing of charge and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned.
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