Sonu Khan @ Md. Meraj v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.52468 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-138 Year-2024 Thana- SHAHKUND District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Sonu Khan @ Md. Meraj S/O Md. Khalil Resident of Village-Kiranpur Korhiya, P.S.- Shahkund, District-Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sharda Nand Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Murli Dhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 01-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 138 of 2024, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 309(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that two unknown miscreants, on the point of pistol, looted Rs. 7,200/-, a mobile phone from the informant also Rs. 6,000/- from his brother and thereafter, fled away.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. No
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52468 of 2025(2) dt.01-08-2025 2/3 incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused, namely, Shashi Bhushan and the same has got no evidentiary value. It is next submitted that no any looted article has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is in custody since 21.02.2025 and has got one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that similarly situated co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 24.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 45933 of 2025.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and taking into account the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.52468 of 2025(2) dt.01-08-2025 3/3 below/concerned Court in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 138 of 2024.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T