Bikal Kumar Singh @ Chhote Singh @ Vikal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45887 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2019 Thana- KALYANPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Bikal Kumar Singh @ Chhote Singh @ Vikal Kumar Singh Son of Srikant Singh R/O village- Kuriya, P.S.- Piprakothi, District- East champaran ... ... Petitioner
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ajay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Syed Mojibur Rahman, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 399,402, 412 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(1-B)(a), 26 and 35 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, acting on a tip off that accused persons are planning for committing come crime, police conducted raid in the house of one Nand Kishore Singh and arrested the petitioner and one of his accomplices, while other accused persons managed to flee away. One automatic country made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from the pocket of the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as a matter of fact, neither petitioner was apprehended on the spot nor any incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner rather police has implicated the petitioner in the concocted case only on the basis of the criminal antecedent. Petitioner is in custody since 14.12.2023.
5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45887 of 2024(4) dt.07-02-2025 2/2 for bail. He submits that petitioner is accused in nine other criminal cases including cases of Arms Act.
6. Considering the nature and gravity of allegation and the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.
7. Let the trial be concluded preferably within a year. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Shashi U T