Rahul Kumar @ Ved Prakash v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40981 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-90 Year-2024 Thana- SIKARHATTA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Rahul Kumar @ Ved Prakash S/o- Lok Prakash Singh Resident of Sikraul P.SSikarhatta, Dist- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ravindra Kumar , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 12-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .
2. Petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 126(2) /132/ 303(2)/ 317(2)/ 317(4)/ 109/ 238/ 351(3)/ 49/ 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3 . As per F.I.R. petitioner along with other accused persons managed to flee away with illegal sand loaded tractors.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is no independent witness to the search and seizure and the witnesses are members of the raiding party .
5. Learned counsel for the State opposed the prayer
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.40981 of 2025(4) dt.12-02-2026 2/2 for bail and submitted that there is specific allegation against this petitioner that he along with other co-accused persons was involved in illegal sand mining and petitioner has got 17 criminal antecedents of similar nature .
6. Considering the nature of accusation , criminal antecedents of this petitioner and gravity of offence , prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. However, since petitioner is in custody since 26.03.2025 , learned Trial Court is directed to expedite and conclude the trial, within the period of one year from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T