Mukesh Gor @ Mukesh Kumar Gor @ Mukesh Kumar Gond @ Mukesh Gond v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50354 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-419 Year-2021 Thana- KAHALGAON District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Mukesh Gor @ Mukesh Kumar Gor @ Mukesh Kumar Gond @ Mukesh Gond ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Vivekanand Vivek, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Kumar, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-12-2025 Heard Mr. Vivekanand Vivek, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 419 of 2021 dated 25.06.2021 registered for the offences punishable under section 394 of the Indian Penal Code and later on Section 411 of the IPC, was added.

3. The main submissions advanced by the petitioner's counsel are that though the instant matter relates to an offence of loot, but there is no incriminating admissible evidence against the petitioner to show his involvement in the alleged crime except the confessional statement of the co-accused which has no evidentiary value in the eyes of law and further the case of the petitioner stands on a better footing than that of the two co-acused persons namely Sunni Kumar and Santosh Kumar from whose possession

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50354 of 2025(4) dt.17-12-2025 2/2 some parts of the looted articles were recovered who have already been granted bail by the co-ordinate bench of this Court vide orders passed in Cr. Misc. No. 74736 of 2022 and 29745 of 2022 respectively though against the petitioner there are criminal antecedents of seven cases but merely on the said ground the petitioner can not be kept behind the bars for an indefinite period. It is lastly submitted that charges against the petitioner have already been framed.

4. Learned APP appearing for the State has opposed the bail prayer of the petitioner.

5. Considering the facts and circumstances of this case as well as aforesaid submissions and mainly the custody period of petitioner and the completion of investigation against him, this court is inclined to grant the relief of bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.20,000/-(Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court concerned in connection with Kahalgaon P.S. Case No. 419 of 2021.

siddharthkr/- (Shailendra Singh, J) U T