Niraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57185 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-160 Year-2025 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== 1.

Niraj Kumar S/o- Akhilesh Mandal Village- Pachna Road Sansar Pokhar W.No-17, Ps- Kabaiya Dist- Lakhisarai 2.

Akhilesh Mandal S/o- Ram Vilash Mandal Village- Pachna Road Sansar Pokhar W.No-17, Ps- Kabaiya Dist- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Mayank Bilochan For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Syed Ehteshamuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioners have preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Lakhisarai P.S. Case No. 160/2025 dated 09.04.2025 registered for the offences punishable u/ss 137(2), 140(1) read with section 3(5) of the BNS.

3. As per the prosecution case, when the informant along with his son were going to his shop in the meantime, the petitioner and the other unknown miscreants came in a car and assaulted and forcibly took his son in the said car and kidnapped him.

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4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The petitioners are not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioners has sprung up in the confessional statement of the co-accused Ravi Kumar. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The informant's son has already been recovered and he has not stated anything against the petitioners in his statement recorded u/ss 180 as well as 183 of the BNSS. The petitioners have clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioners are in custody since 10.04.2025.

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

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioners above-named, are directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Lakhisarai in connection withLakhisarai P.S. Case No. 160/2025 , with the condition/s:- (i). The petitioners are directed to remain physically

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57185 of 2025(2) dt.25-08-2025 3/3 present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioners are liable to cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

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