Ritesh Yadav @ Pola v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.79650 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-79 Year-2025 Thana- NAGAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ritesh Yadav @ Pola Son of Late Badal Yadav R/o Village - Naya Tola Jurabganj, Ward no. 1, P.S. - Kodha, Dist. - Katihar. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Pushpa Sinha.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and perused the case diary.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 79 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 309(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that while the informant was returning to his house, in the meantime, two unknown miscreants intercepted the informant and snatched his bag containing Rs. 8 lakhs due to which he got disbalanced and fell down from his motorcycle.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.79650 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 present case. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submitted that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of confessional statement made by co-accused, namely, Raj Kumar Yadav and the same has got no evidentiary value. It is next submitted that neither any looted cash has been recovered from the petitioner nor any T.I. parade has been conducted in this case. The petitioner has been arrested only on the basis of suspicion. The petitioner is in custody since 24.04.2025 and has got seven criminal antecedents in which he is on bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that other coaccused has been granted regular bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 24.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 68193 of 2025.
5. Learned APP 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 and taking into account 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/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Court below/concerned Court in connection with Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 79 of 2025, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be own/close member of the family of the petitioner.
(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial and shall not remain absent on two consecutive dates without sufficient cause.
(III) The petitioner will not tamper with the evidence or the witnesses during the trial.
(IV) Petitioner shall not commit offence of similar nature in future.
If any of the above conditions are violated, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.
(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Rajorshi/- U T