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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./58606/2025bail granted

Minku Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

2025-12-10Mr. Justice Ajit Kumar4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58606 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-221 Year-2022 Thana- SHRIKRISHNAPURI District- Patna ====================================================== Minku Kumar Singh S/O Late Janak Singh R/O Vill.- Bhainsahi, P.O. and P.S.- Bhainsahi, Dist.- Gopalganj, Bihar-841427 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Akshay Ashish, Adv.

For the State :

Mr.Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 10-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his/her arrest in connection with S.K. Puri P.S. Case No. 221 of 2022, dated 14.06.2022, registered under Sections 379 and 420 of the I.P.C. which is now under Sections 303(2) and 418(4) of the B.N.S.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 10.06.2022 the informant got a call on his whatsapp from a number saved as Mudra Loan as Dear customer you had applied for loan from Mudra Finance, if you want to take a loan, then please put it in this number. Thereafter it was told that your Mudra loan of Rs. 6,00,000 is in process, to get it you will have to pay Rs. 1500 as process fee first. Then accused gave his account no. 198822010000487 to the informant, in which informant

2/4 transferred money. Again informant transferred Rs. 9,999 and Rs. 17200 to the same account, as per their instructions. After that accused Minku Kumar gave one more account no. 3697820100675 of Avinash Kumar, in which informant transferred Rs. 10,000 from another paytm account. Then suspicion arose in his mind and on 12.06.2022, informant immediately made complaint through a call to customer care at Union Bank of India and on 13.06.2022, informant registered a complaint and requested for appropriate action. The Bank has also told informant to go to Police Station and register a case, in this regard.

4. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the manner in which the petitioner has been sought to be implicated in the present case is completely a cooked up story, but in order to show his innocence, he is ready to deposit the amount in question before the court concerned without accepting his guilt, which may be made subject to the final result of the case.

5. On the other hand, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has submitted that the course, which is being adopted by the petitioner, may be accepted in the interest of justice and appropriate directions may be issued to the petitioner to deposit the said amount at the time of furnishing bail bond.

6. The petitioner is directed to deposit the said amount

3/4 before the court concerned, which shall be kept in the Nazarat, and shall not be paid to either of the parties until the matter is finally adjudicated.

7. Considering the aforesaid facts, let the above named petitioner, be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his/her arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-IV, Patna in connection with S.K. Puri P.S. Case No. 221 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S as well as the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailors should be the family member/relative of the petitioner (s) who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;

(ii) the petitioner (s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iii) the petitioner (s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for

4/4 cancellation of the bail bonds;

(iv) the petitioner (s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Ajit Kumar, J) pravinkumar/- U T