Munna Kumar @ Samar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18784 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-854 Year-2024 Thana- ARA NAWADA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Munna Kumar @ Samar Singh S/o Late Sumit Singh Resident of VillageK.G road In Front Of Chamkili Koti, Police Station- Ara Nawada, DistrictBhojpur at Ara ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashank Shekhar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath Thakur ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 15-05-2025
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 Sections 126(2), 109(1), 308(5), 292 and 3(5) of BNS read with Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that three unknown accused came and started demanding extortion, while he was sitting his shop, on objection they started firing, when people gathered and one accused was apprehended who disclosed his name before the police as Manish and also disclosed the name of the accused persons who
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18784 of 2025(3) dt.15-05-2025 2/3 fled.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner came to be implicated based on the confessional statement of Manish in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also reiterated and submitted that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is a young boy aged about 18 years and if he is sent to judicial custody in the nature of implication as alleged, his entire career would get jeopardized and chances are bright that he may come in contact with hardened criminals in jail. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will co-operate in the investigation to prove his innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
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 Ara
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18784 of 2025(3) dt.15-05-2025 3/3 Nawada P.S. Case No. 854 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his mother namely Suman Devi.
8. However, it is made clear that in the event if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner despite giving assurance to this Court is not co-operating in the investigation or is not presenting himself as and when required 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