Shrikant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19823 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-14 Year-2024 Thana- BHAPTIAHI District- Supaul ====================================================== Shrikant Kumar S/o Bunnilal Bhagat, R/o At and P.O.- Purbi Rajwara, P.SSahibganj, Distt.- Muzzafarpur. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sitaram Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-07-2025 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 Bhaptiyahi P.S. Case No. 14 of 2024, dated 22.01.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section 307 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 20.01.2024 at about 03:00 AM, a cream coloured Swift Dzire car got parked near a truck which was parked just outside the motel of the informant. Three persons came out of the said car and the informant under suspicion called his motel owner and conveyed the said information and then enquired the suspicious persons
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19823 of 2025(2) dt.16-07-2025 2/3 who shot on the leg of informant and ran away.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and name of the petitioner has sprung up in the present case due to mobile location. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has got one criminal antecedent as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 06.06.2024.
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 petitioner's period of custody, the petitioner, above-named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Supaul, in connection with Bhaptiyahi P.S. Case No. 14 of 2024, on further condition:
(i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned trial Court on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19823 of 2025(2) dt.16-07-2025 3/3 cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Shahnawaz/- U T