Vinod Kumar Singh @ Binod Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24828 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-92 Year-2025 Thana- KARAKAT District- Rohtas ====================================================== Vinod Kumar Singh @ Binod Kumar Singh S/o Sri Kishun Singh R/o - Mishrbaliya, P.S - Karakat, District - Rohtas, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Vinay Kumar Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Raj Ballabh Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 29-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Karakat P.S. Case No. 92 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 303(2) of BNS.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 20.02.2025, the informant, a CSP operator of Dakshin Bihar Gramin Bank at Karakat, went to the toilet after asking the petitioner to look after the place. Upon returning, he found that the petitioner and two unknown persons had disappeared and Rs. 5,51,000/- was missing from his drawer.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated. He is a person of clean antecedent. The petitioner was not present at

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24828 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 2/3 the place of occurrence on the date of occurrence.

5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail.

6. From the reading of the allegations levelled in the FIR, it appears that the petitioner has been named in the FIR on the basis of suspicion because he was the last person who had met the informant in his office and therefore, based on that suspicion, it has been alleged that the petitioner has stolen Rs. 5,51,000/- from the drawer. There is no eye-witness in this case. The petitioner bears clean antecedent. Under these circumstances, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bikramganj, Rohtas in connection with Karakat P.S. Case No. 92 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and subject to further condition that :-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24828 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 3/3 (i) The petitioner shall co-operate in the investigation/ trial.

(ii) The learned Court below would, however, verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the Court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing any delay. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) kundan/- U T