Gautam Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68962 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-114 Year-2022 Thana- PHULWARIA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Gautam Singh S/O Late Chhatish Singh @ Late Satish Singh @ Chhatish Singh @ Satish Singh R/O Village - Nipania (Nipaniya), P.S- Phulwaria, District - Begusarai.At present resident of village - Baijandih,P.S-Mohanpur, Dist- Deoghar (Jharkhand) ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sandip Kumar Gautam , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 25-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 10.07.2022, in connection with Phulwaria P.S. Case No. 114 of 2022, F.I.R. dated 09.07.2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 120(B)/302/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 27(iii) of the Arms Act.

3. As per F.I.R. the allegation against the accused persons including the petitioner is that in criminal conspiracy they murdered the husband of the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that informant is not an eye witness to the alleged occurrence . Only suspicion has been raised against this petitioner solely because

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68962 of 2025(3) dt.25-11-2025 2/2 this petitioner was last seen with the deceased. He further submits that co-accused person namely Abhishek Singh @ Abhishek Kumar has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 20.06.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14194 of 2023, another co-accused namely Aman Kumar @ Godu Singh @ Golu Singh who is last seen with the deceased has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 10.04.2023 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 64041 of 2022 respectively. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 13.06.2025 .

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail .

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District and Additional Sessions Judge - XI Begusarai in connection with Phulwaria P.S. Case No. 114 of 2022 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T