Pappu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25747 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-203 Year-2024 Thana- KUNDWACHAINPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== PAPPU KUMAR S/o- Rajdhari Ram @ Ramdhari Ram Village-Hasanpur, P.S.-Kundwa Chainpur, District-East Champaran, Motihari ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, Advocate Mr. Deepak Kumar, Advocate Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha, Advocate Mr. Dhandev Kumar, Advocate Mr. Atul Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Asha Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-05-2025 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 Kundwa Chainpur P.S. Case No. 203/2024 dated 02.12.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 309(4) of the B.N.S.

3. As per the prosecution case, when the informant along with his friend Chunnu Kumar Yadav and his relatives Ajit Kumar and Pawan Kumar were returning to their house from Dhang Pakadi. In the meantime, four miscreants stopped the motorcycles of the informant and his relatives, Ajit Kumar

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25747 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 2/3 and Pawan Kumar and snatched mobile phone of the informant, Chunnu Kumar and Ajit Kumar. The miscreants also snatched Rs. 25,000/- from the pocket of Ajit Kumar. Further, the miscreants on the point of gun and knife snatched both the motorcycle and fled away.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in selfconfessional statement which has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 03.12.2024.

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 the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Sikarana at Dhaka, East Champaran, Motihari in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25747 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 3/3 connection with Kundwa Chainpur P.S. Case No. 203/2024, with the condition ;- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) atul/- U T