Utkarsh Kumar @ Utkarsh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74616 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2025 Thana- Arwal District- Arwal ====================================================== Utkarsh Kumar @ Utkarsh S/o Rajiv Ranjan Choudhary Resident of VillageKeshopur Bakri, P.S- Udwantnagar, District- Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rama Kant Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA ORAL ORDER 17-10-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 150 of 2025, instituted for the offences punishable under Section 309(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that three unknown persons came to withdraw cash from Punjab National Bank C.S.P., in the meantime, one of them fled with a bag containing Rs. 1,33,000/-/ When informant's sister tried to stop

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74616 of 2025(2) dt.17-10-2025 2/3 them, two other accused persons brandished pistols and threatened to kill them and fired on the air while escaping. The police and the villagers caught the petitioner along with other co-accsued person.

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. It is further submitted that no any injury has been caused to anyone in the alleged occurrence. The petitioner is in custody since 24.04.2025 and has got two criminal antecedents. The co-accused person has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 16.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65545 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, claim based on parity 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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74616 of 2025(2) dt.17-10-2025 3/3 below/concerned Court in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 150 of 2025.

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