Nishant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.46967 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2 Year-2025 Thana- JAHANABAD District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Nishant Kumar, S/O Raj Kumar, Resident of village- Jharkha, P.S.- Shakurabad, Dist- Jehanabad.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-11-2025 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Anant Kumar No. 1, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehend his arrest in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 02 of 2025 dated 01.01.2025 registered for the offences punishable under sections 317(5), 318(4) and 336(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. The main submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel are that the petitioner is a 21 year old person and he is not named in the FIR and the instant matter relates to the recovery of two stolen motorcycles, for which two persons, namely Lavkush Kumar and Indrajeet Kumar, claimed their ownership and during verification of the ownership of the motorcycles, the police found that the said motorcycles stood registered in the name of other persons, due to which the allegation of theft surfaced, however, the petitioner's name did
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.46967 of 2025(4) dt.15-11-2025 2/2 not find place in the FIR till that time and thereafter, during the course of investigation, mainly on account of details of a mobile number which is said to have been used in the alleged crime, the petitioner has been made accused in the present matter but the police has not given any details regarding the relevancy of the said mobile number in connection with the alleged theft of the motorcycles.
4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer of the petitioner.
5. In the facts and circumstances of the case, considering the above-stated facts and mainly the petitioner's young age, this Court is inclined to grant the relief of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Jehanabad P.S. Case No. 02 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Shailendra Singh, J) annu/- U