Sonu Sahni @ Sonu Kumar Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74106 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-251 Year-2024 Thana- SAMASTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Sonu Sahni @ Sonu Kumar Sahni S/o Kamal Sahni R/o Village - Bajitpur, P.S- Patepur, District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Dhirendra Prasad Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Sharda Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 03-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Samastipur Town P.S. Case No. 251 of 2024, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 310(2), 310(4) and 311 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that five unknown miscreants have looted Rs. 5,70,000/- from the shop of informant on gun point.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74106 of 2025(3) dt.03-02-2026 2/3 the petitioner also submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. Name of the petitioner has transpired in this case on the basis of his self-confessional recorded in Tajpur P.S. Case No. 251 of 2024 and the same has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. It is further submitted that neither any recovery of any looted article has been made from the possession of the petitioner nor any T.I. parade has been conducted in this case. The petitioner is in custody since 20.12.2024 and has got two criminal antecedents. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that similarly situated co-accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 30.07.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 47004 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.

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 Samastipur Town

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74106 of 2025(3) dt.03-02-2026 3/3 P.S. Case No. 251 of 2024, subject to the following conditions: (I) One of the bailors shall be the petitioner's own or a close family member.

(II) The petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed during the trial and shall not remain absent on two consecutive dates without sufficient cause.

(III) The petitioner shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence or influence/intimidate any witness during the course of trial.

In case of violation of any of the aforesaid conditions, the Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J) Alok Verma/- U T