Anish Raj @ Anish Thakur @ Anish Kumar @ Anish Raj Anish Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81155 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-251 Year-2024 Thana- BETTIAH CITY District- West Champaran ====================================================== Anish Raj @ Anish Thakur @ Anish Kumar @ Anish Raj Anish Thakur S/O Dinesh Thakur R/O Village- Sahsaraw, Police Station- Bhairoganj DistrictWest Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-01-2026 Heard Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 03.08.2024, in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 251 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 07.06.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 356 and 379 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The F.I.R. of the occurrence of loot is against unknown.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of self confessional statement of the petitioner which was

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81155 of 2025(3) dt.27-01-2026 2/3 recorded in Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 429 of 2024 and thereafter the petitioner has been implicated in a number of cases. It appears from the record of the case that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession or the house of the petitioner and petitioner has been remanded in the present case on 03.08.2024.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner carries eighteen more cases other than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail petition that out of eighteen cases, the petitioner is on bail in three cases and the rest cases are pending for consideration before the competent court of law.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of self confessional statement of the petitioner and till date no TIP was conducted by the prosecution as well as period of custody, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Bettiah Town P.S. Case No. 251 of 2024, subject to the following conditions :-

(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81155 of 2025(3) dt.27-01-2026 3/3 properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(3) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T