Vijay Kumar @ Vijay Kumar Kushwaha @ Vijay Bhagat v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31998 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2026 Thana- Jaitpur District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Vijay Kumar @ vijay Kumar Kushwaha @ Vijay Bhagat S/o Late Ramdarash Bhagat Resident of Village- Karja Khalilpur, P.S.- Karja, DistrictMuzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Anish Kumar, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Aditya Narayan Singh.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Jaitpur P.S. Case No. 24 of 2026 registered for the offence punishable under Section 103(1) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that some unknown miscreants have killed the husband of the informant.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. He also submits that the FIR was lodged against unknown miscreants. During the course of investigation, one Santosh Kumar was apprehended and he has given his confessional statement. In the confessional statement, it has come that Santosh and Sudhir have killed the husband of the informant and the petitioner has provided

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31998 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/2 his pick-up van for disposing the body. He further submits that the name of the petitioner has surfaced in the confessional statement of co-accused. Save and except the confessional statement of coaccused, there is nothing against the petitioner and even in the confessional statement, the role which is attributed to the petitioner is that he has provided his pick-up van for disposing the body. Moreover, a statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he is languishing in judicial custody since 09.02.2026.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court No. 07, J.M.F.C., West Muzaffarpur in connection with Jaitpur P.S. Case No. 24 of 2026.

(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Sudhanshu/- U T