Guddu Chaudhary @ Brahamanand Chaudhary @ Brahamanand Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37206 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- JAYNAGAR District- Madhubani ====================================================== Guddu Chaudhary @ Brahamanand Chaudhary @ Brahamanand Kumar Chaudhary S/O Sufal Chaudhary Resident of village - Karanpur, P.S - Rudrapur, District - Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Subhash Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 16-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Jaynagar P.S. Case No.19 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 178, 179, 180, 318(4) & 3(5) of the BNS.

3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that 48th Border Security Force has secret information that one Prabhat Yadav is involved in transaction of counterfeit currency and from his possession 53,000 of Nepali counterfeit currency, 23,300 of Indian counterfeit currency and 2200 of original indian currency were recovered.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37206 of 2026(2) dt.16-06-2026 2/3 petitioner has submitted that from perusal of the FIR it is clear that main thrust of allegation is against one Prabhat Yadav from whose possession counterfeit currency was recovered. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that co-accused Prabhat Yadav has disclosed that he has received the counterfeit currency from the petitioner. It has further been submitted that nothing has been recovered from the possession of this petitioner. It has further been submitted that Prabhat Yadav from whose possession recovery was made has been granted bail by learned Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide Cr. Misc. No. 83330 of 2025. It has been submitted that the petitioner is in judicial custody since 06.12.2025.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State. It has been submitted that the petitioner is having criminal antecedent of three cases out of which one case is of similar nature.

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 court of learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37206 of 2026(2) dt.16-06-2026 3/3 Additional Sessions Judge 4th Madhubani, in connection with Jaynagar P.S. Case No.19 of 2025.

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