Mohit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41772 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-57 Year-2026 Thana- THALI District- Nawada ====================================================== Mohit Kumar, S/o Jairam Prasad, R/o Village-Thali Khurd, P.S.- Thali, Dist.- Nawada.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Devendra Prasad Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 30-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The accused/petitioner is not named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Thali P.S. Case No.57 of 2026 registered under Sections 305(b), 317(4) and 111(4) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'B.N.S.').
3. As per FIR, on 19.03.2026, the informant parked his motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR27S05323 in front of his house at about 8.00 P.M. In next morning at 4.00 A.M. when he came out of his house, his motorcycle was not there. Thereafter, he started search and during search he came to know that the motorcycle bearing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41772 of 2026(2) dt.30-06-2026 2/3 Registration No. BR 27Q-2214 of Arvind Kumar from village-Bahiara has also been stolen. Subsequently, he came to know from people of Thali village that villagers caught some unknown miscreants having stolen motorcycles in their possession and hand over them to police. Knowing aforesaid, the informant went to police station and found his motorcycle thereof.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that the FIR was registered against unknown and even the person, who were apprehended with stolen motorcycle of the informant only disclosed before the police that this petitioner helped them to flee away from the place of occurrence. It is submitted that save and except suspicion arising out of disclosure of apprehended co-accused person, nothing surfaced against this petitioner, who is a man of clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.
6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as implication of this petitioner prima facie appears on the basis of suspicion arising out of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41772 of 2026(2) dt.30-06-2026 3/3 disclosure made by apprehended co-accused persons, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, who is a man of clean antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Nawada in connection with Thali P.S. Case No.57 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short 'CrPC')/under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNSS'). (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T