Hari Poddar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13989 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-228 Year-2024 Thana- DALSINGHSARAI District- Samastipur ====================================================== Hari Poddar S/O Ranjit Poddar Resident of village- Samsa, Ward no. 4, P.S.- Nawkothi, District- Samastipur, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bhubneshwar Mahto For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Raj Kishor Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Section 309(4) of BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that unknown accused intercepted them and took all their belongings as detailed in the FIR while they returning on 20.07.2024 at 04:00 AM after attending a marriage.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that FIR was against unknown and the name of the petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13989 of 2025(3) dt.13-05-2025 2/3 submitted that petitioner studies in Lakshya coaching institute.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that it is a case of road robbery and in the event if the privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, he may abscond, on which the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to establish his innocence.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Dalsing Sarai P.S. Case No. 228 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his father namely Ranjit Poddar.
8. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13989 of 2025(3) dt.13-05-2025 3/3 learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court is not co-operating in the investigation, in that event the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
9. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned police station through the learned Trial Court. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T