Gautam Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44659 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2026 Thana- GAYA RAIL P.S. District- Gaya ====================================================== Gautam Kumar S/O Vinod Kumar @ Vinod Prasad R/O Village- Manpur Shiv Charan Lane (Gali), P.S.- Buniyadganj, Distt.- Gayaji. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 15-07-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Gaya Rail P.S. Case No. 115 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 317(5) of the BNS.

3. The allegation against the petitioner is that, at the railway station, he sold a Vivo mobile phone to the informant by issuing a forged computerized bill. During the course of the investigation, it has surfaced that the said mobile phone was a stolen phone with forged computerized bill.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that both the petitioner and the informant were residing in the same lodge at Patna. It is submitted that certain disputes arose between them, and on account of the said

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44659 of 2026(2) dt.15-07-2026 2/2 dispute, the present false and fabricated case has been instituted against the petitioner. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner has no involvement in the alleged occurrence. It is further submitted that, although the FIR refers to a computergenerated bill, the said bill has not been annexed and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail vehemently.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and that the petitioner is a student, accordingly, the petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court, within a period of four weeks of the order, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ru-pees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Gaya Rail P.S. Case No. 115 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) rishabh/- U T