Patna High CourtCR. MISC./50496/2025bail granted

Bittu Paswan @ Bittu Kumar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

2025-10-15Mr. Justice Chandra Prakash Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50496 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2024 Thana- Sahayak Khajanchi District- Purnia ====================================================== Bittu Paswan @ Bittu Kumar Paswan S/o Raghunath Paswan R/o VillageManiyari Majhoul, P.S.- Maniyari, District- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Yugal Kishore, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shailendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sahayak Khazanchi P.S. Case No. 146/2024 dated 26.07.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/ss 310(2), 111, 249 and 238 of the B.N.S. and Section 25(1-B)(a) and 26 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, 6-7 unknown miscreants are alleged to have committed dacoity in the Tanishq showroom and looted jewelleries worth Rs. Three crore and Seventy lakhs and a mobile phone on the point of gun.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50496 of 2025(2) dt.15-10-2025 2/2 this case. The petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused, Kundan Kumar. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. The co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 14.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 29151/2025. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 07.09.2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Purnea in connection with Sahayak Khazanchi P.S. Case No. 146/2024.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T