Manish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35172 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRAHI District- Sheohar ====================================================== Manish Kumar S/O Sanjay Ram R/O Village-Kamrauli, PS- Piprahi, DisttSheohar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Deepak Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Md. Iftekhar Mahmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Piprahi P.S. Case No. 27/2025 dated 16.02.2025 registered for the offence punishable u/s 308(4) and 308(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, unknown miscreant is alleged to have demanded extortion of Rs. 5 lacs from the informant and threatened the informant and his family members to kill, if he would not pay the extortion amount.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35172 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 2/3 possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. No. T.I.P. has been conducted by the prosecution. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the course of investigation. As per para-45 of the case diary, the mobile phone from which the extortion call was made to the informant belongs to one Naseem Ansari. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 16.02.2025. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 12.05.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 29410 of 2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner by submitting that the SIM from which the extortion call was made to the informant was used from the mobile of the petitioner as well.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to 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 learned Court concerned, Sheohar in connection with Piprahi P.S. Case No. 27/2025, with the condition ;- (i). The petitioner is directed to remain physically
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35172 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 3/3 present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bond of the petitioner is liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T