Sandip Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33801 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-261 Year-2024 Thana- Mufassil District- Purnia ====================================================== Sandip Kumar Singh S/O Late Shiv Kumar Singh Resident of Ranipatra, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Md Fazle Karim, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail, apprehending his arrest, in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 261 of 2024, dated 17.12.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 352 and 351(2) of BNS, 2023.
3. As per allegation, the informant and the accused persons have worked in partnership and during the work of business, Rs.8 lac was given by the informant to the petitioner. But when the informant demanded the said money, the petitioner issued a cheque and that cheque was dishonored.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the Petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that as a matter of fact, the informant
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33801 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 2/3 has never given any amount to the petitioner, nor has the petitioner issued any cheque to the informant. The whole case is false and baseless and it has been filed malafide.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioner has not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.
8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioner, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on his furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court Below, in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 261 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.33801 of 2025(3) dt.20-08-2025 3/3 below that the petitioner has any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after hearing him and getting satisfied that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents despite his knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner. (Jitendra Kumar, J.) shoaib/- U T