Nitish Kumar @ Nitish v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72188 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-250 Year-2025 Thana- GOVINDPUR District- Nawada ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Nitish S/o Narayan Bhagat R/o Village - Choukitand, P.SKhaira, District - Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Arjun Prasad, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Humayou Ahmad Khan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 250 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 308(4), 308(5) read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 11.08.2025, the informant had gone to Jharkhand along with his friends and consumed alcohol at Jharkhand, thereafter, while they were returning to their village, five persons intercepted them and took the keys of their motorcycles and started demanding extortion money and snatched Rs. 14,000/- from their pockets and also took a gold chain from the informant. It is further alleged that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72188 of 2025(2) dt.10-11-2025 2/3 the petitioner, Nitish Kumar, forcefully transferred Rs. 34,000/- from the mobile number of the informant through scanner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. From perusal of the F.I.R. it is evident that the petitioner is a A.S.I. of Excise Department, Govindpur. It is further submitted that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. It is also submitted that the matter has been compromised between both the parties vide compromised petition dated 22.08.2025 which has been filed before the learned S.D.J.M., Nawada. The petitioner has clean criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 15.08.2025.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Nawada, in connection with Govindpur P.S. Case No. 250 of 2025.
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7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Jyoti/- U T