Raja Quraishi @ Sarfaraj Quraishi v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37394 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2024 Thana- Bankebazar District- Gaya ====================================================== Raja Quraishi @ Sarfaraj Quraishi S/O Shaukat Kuraishi R/O VillageMeerpur, P.S- Hantarganj, Distt- Chatra (Jharkhand). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 19-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bankey Bazar P.S. Case No. 120 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. Prosecution case, in short, is that three unknown miscreants looted Rs. 51,203/- from the informant on the point of pistol and fled away.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner transpired in this case on the basis of the self-confessional statement of the petitioner. No incriminating/looted article has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37394 of 2025(3) dt.19-08-2025 2/3 been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that petitioner has got no concern with the looted articles. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 23.11.2024 and has eleven criminal antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner be released on bail, after framing of charge, if not already framed, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 15,000/- ( Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Bankey Bazar P.S. Case No. 120 of 2024, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.

(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial. In case of default in such appearance on two consecutive dates, the Trial Court will have liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37394 of 2025(3) dt.19-08-2025 3/3 (III) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T