Abhimanyu Kumar @ Abhimanyu Ravidas v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27709 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-37 Year-2025 Thana- TELHARA District- Nalanda ====================================================== Abhimanyu Kumar @ Abhimanyu Ravidas, aged about 26 years, male, S/o Devnandan Ravidas, resident of Village- Nonaura, P.S.- Noorsarai, DistrictNalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajeev Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shailendra Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-08-2025 Heard Mr. Rajeev Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Shailendra Kumar, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Telhara P.S. Case No. 37 of 2025 registered for offences punishable under Sections 137(2) and 140(3) of B.N.S.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, some unknown persons had kidnapped the son of the informant.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is not named in the FIR. Specific allegation is against one Rajbir and Pankaj
2/4 Kumar. Name of the petitioner has surfaced on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused Deepak Kumar in course of investigation, in police custody, which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. Petitioner is nowhere concerned either with the co-accused Deepak Kumar or with the Rajbir. Co-accused Deepak Kumar has already been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 05.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26560 of 2025. Petitioner has clean antecedent and he is in custody since 22.02.2025. On these grounds, petitioner seeks to be released on bail.
5. Learned A.P.P., for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, the fact that FIR is against unknown. Specific allegation is against one Rajbir and Pankaj Kumar. Name of the petitioner has surfaced on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused Deepak Kumar in course of investigation, in police custody, which has no evidentiary value in the eye of law. Co-accused Deepak Kumar has already been granted bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 05.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26560 of 2025. Petitioner has clean antecedent and he is in
3/4 custody since 22.02.2025. I am of the opinion that petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on bail.
7. The learned District Court is directed to release the petitioner, above named, on bail upon furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Hilsa, Nalanda, in connection with Telhara P.S. Case No. 37 of 2025 subject to the following conditions: (i) Bailors should be local having sufficient immovable property within the jurisdiction of the Court concerned.
(ii) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court. (iii) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses of the case, in that case, prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail of the petitioner. (iv) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence, after his release on bail, the trial Court shall take steps to cancel his bail bond.
(v) The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioner as what has been stated in
4/4 paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically. (Purnendu Singh, J) Niraj/- U T