Jaichandra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.62505 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-80 Year-2024 Thana- NAUGACHIA District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Jaichandra Kumar S/o Kare Lal Singh Resident of village - Chaparghat, P.S - Gopalpur, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amrendra Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Choubey Jawahar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 10-10-2025 Heard Mr. Amrendra Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Choubey Jawahar, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with S.T. No. 633 of 2025, arising out of Naugachia P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024 instituted for the offences under Sections 302, 387, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Prosecution case, in short, is that the accused persons including the petitioner committed the murder of the informant's son for non-fulfillment of demand of extortion money. It is alleged that three persons fired upon the informant's son as a result of which he succumbed to injury.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case only on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.62505 of 2025(3) dt.10-10-2025 2/3 the basis of suspicion. Learned counsel further submitted that FIR has been lodged after the inquest report as well as the postmortem report. No incriminating article has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R and his named surfaced in this case during investigation. There is no direct or specific allegation of any overt act against him rather the same is general and omnibus in nature. Learned counsel further submitted that during investigation, not a single witness has supported the allegation of demand of money by the petitioner and no direct or cogent material has come against the petitioner in order to implicate him in the present case. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the petitioner is in custody since 13.06.2025 and has one criminal antecedent. The co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Bench vide order dated 13.11.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 79896 of 2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. 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 as also the period of custody undergone by the petitioner, this Court is inclined to grant bail to the petitioner.
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7. Let the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.15,000/- (Fifteen thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with S.T. No. 633 of 2025, arising out of Naugachia P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Raj Kishore/- U T