Prashant Gaurav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31052 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2024 Thana- Sahayak Khajanchi District- Purnia ====================================================== Prashant Gaurav S/O Sujeet Kumar R/O Village- Rajaram Gopalpur, P.SBariyarpur, District- Muzaffarpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Hari Kishore Thakur, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Sahayak Khazanchi P.S. Case No. 146 of 2024 dated 26.07.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 310(2), 111, 249, 238 of the BNS and Sections 25(1-B)(a) and 26 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 6-7 unknown miscreants are alleged to have committed dacoity in the Tanishq Showroom and looted jewelleries worth Rs. Three Crore and Seventy Lakhs and a mobile phone on the gun point.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31052 of 2025(2) dt.16-07-2025 2/3 present case. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. His name has come in the present case on the basis of the confessional statement of the co-accused Rahul Kumar which has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. It is further submitted that the other co-accused person Abhimanu Kumar @ Abhimanu Kumar Singh @ Abhimanyou Kr. Singh @ Abhimanyou Kr. Abhinandan has already been granted bail by a Bench of this Court vide order dated 15.02.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 86538 of 2024. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. The petitioner is in custody in this case since 08.09.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, 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 the learned Court concerned, Purnea in connection with Sahayak Khazanchi P.S. Case No. 146 of 2024, with a condition:-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31052 of 2025(2) dt.16-07-2025 3/3 (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 bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

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