Sona Babu v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.73679 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2025 Thana- HAJIPUR RAIL P.S. District- Saran ====================================================== Sona Babu S/o Late Rajneeti Prasad Gupta @ Late Rajniti Prasad Gupta R/o Village- Pachaut, P.S.- Beldour, Dist.- Khagaria, at present Residing at Mohalla - Chakhusaini, ward no. 13, P.S.- Mansi, Distt.- Khagaria ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Vinay Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 09-01-2026 Heard Mr. Vinay Ranjan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Hajipur Rail P.S. Case No. 112 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 111, 318(4) of the B.N.S., 2023 and Sections 25(1-b), (a), 26, 35 of the Arms Act.
3. The case of the prosecution in short is that from a Bolero car Driving License, Aadhar Card, PAN card, arms license was found. From the front and rear seat of the car, 50 live cartridges wrapped in black colour foil were also recovered.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.73679 of 2025(3) dt.09-01-2026 2/2 counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is neither the owner nor the driver of the said vehicle rather he is only a passenger in the said car. It has also been submitted that the driver and owner of the said vehicle have already been granted bail by this Court in Cr. Misc. Nos. 79923 of 2025 and 80888 of 2025 respectively. He further submits that the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 12.07.2025.
5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and submits that the petitioner is having criminal antecedent of four cases.
6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Railway Magistrate, Sonepur in connection with Hajipur Rail P.S. Case No. 112 of 2025.
(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Sudhanshu/- U T