Patna High CourtCR. MISC./41662/2025bail granted

Prince Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-07-11Mr. Justice Shailendra Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41662 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-18 Year-2025 Thana- GAIGHAT District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Prince Kumar S/o Ashok Rai R/o vill - Mohammadpur Sura, P.S.- Gaighat, Distt.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-07-2025 Heard Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No. 18 of 2025 dated 15.01.2025 registered for the offences punishable under sections 25(1B)a, 26, 35 of the Arms Act.

3. The main submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel are that the petitioner has fair and clean antecedent and has been languishing in jail since 17.01.2025 and he is a 20 years old person and as per the allegation, only one live cartridge and one empty cartridge were allegedly recovered from the right pocket of the petitioner's pant without any gun or pistol, so, in view of this kind of recovery, the high handedness

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41662 of 2025(2) dt.11-07-2025 2/2 of the police in implicating the petitioner falsely in connection with the recovery of alleged fire arm is clearly evident.

4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer of the petitioner.

5. Considering the aforesaid submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel mainly petitioner's young age as well as his fair and clean antecedent and also the completion of investigation against him, this Court is of the opinion that a lenient approach can be taken in respect of petitioner's prayer. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/-(Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with Gaighat P.S. Case No. 18 of 2025.

(Shailendra Singh, J) siddharthkr/- U T