Mukul Singh @ Vishal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.28469 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-169 Year-2024 Thana- RAGHUNATHPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== Mukul Singh @ Vishal Kumar Singh Son of Bansh Bahadur Singh R/O VillRajpur, P.S.- Raghunathpur, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghav Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Murli Dhar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 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 399, 402, 413 and 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 25(1-B)a, 26 and 35 of the Arms Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges that on receiving secret information, the informant along with police force reached the place of occurrence and apprehended five accused persons along with two motorcycles and from Ashish, one loaded pistol was recovered, while from Suraj and Sachin, two mobiles and two motorcycles along with mobile etc. were recovered respectively.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28469 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 4.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner was not arrested from the spot as such nothing was recovered from his conscious possession. It is next submitted that he came to be implicated based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value. 5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that petitioner has antecedent of one case and in the event if the privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to the petitioner, the petitioner may abscond, on which the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove 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 Raghunathpur P.S. Case No. 169 of 2024, subject to the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.28469 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. 7.

One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his father, Bansh Bahadur Singh.

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 the petitioner, despite giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the investigation or is not presenting himself as and when required, 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) SUMIT/- U T