Dilip Kewat @ Dilip Kumar Kewat v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55921 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2025 Thana- KADWA District- Katihar ====================================================== Dilip Kewat @ Dilip Kumar Kewat S/o Maksudan Kewat R/o Tengachhia, P.S. - Kadwa, District Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar Mandal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 27-08-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned APP for the State.
2. The present criminal miscellaneous application has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as 'the BNSS, 2023') for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Kadwa P.S. Case No. 72 of 2025, lodged on 06.04.2025, under Section 309(4) of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023 and under Section 27 of the Arms Act, pending in the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar.
3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against four unknown accused persons with allegation that they tied the informant and looted gold, silver, cash of Rs.25,000/-, phones etc. from his house.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55921 of 2025(2) dt.27-08-2025 2/2
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name has come by virtue of confessional statement of co-accused which cannot not be treated as correct. Counsel submits that antecedent of the petitioner is clean and he has enmity with the said accused person who disclosed his name. Counsel submits that he ready to fulfill all the conditions whatsoever shall be imposed upon him.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the articles which was subject to loot has been recovered from the possession of the coaccused and the same co-accused disclosed the name of the petitioner.
6. In this circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Hence, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is hereby refused. (Dr. Anshuman, J) Mkr./- U T