Aman Kumar @ Aman Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77713 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-286 Year-2024 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Aman Kumar @ Aman Singh S/o Sunil Kumar Sharma @ Sunil Sharma R/o Village - Barkhurdar Chak, P.S - Naubatpur (Piplawa), District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Samrendra Kumar Jha, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 21-01-2026 Heard Mr. Samrendra Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Md. Mushtaque Alam, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 20.08.2024, in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 286 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 04.07.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 132, 109, 3(5) of B.N.S. and Section 25(1-b)a, 26, 27, 35 of the Arms Act.
3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with co-accused Soni Sanni @ Alok Baba committed murder of one Biltan Ram on 04.07.2024 at the instance of Bhuar Chaudhary @ Harendra Chaudhary.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77713 of 2025(3) dt.21-01-2026 2/3 has been transpired during investigation on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person namely Soni Sanni @ Alok Baba which was recorded in paragraph-44 of the case diary and except the confessional statement of co-accused person, no other cogent material has come during investigation to suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present case and nothing has been recovered from the possession of the petitioner. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 20.08.2024.
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 two more cases other than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of pargaraph-3 of the bail petition that out of two cases, the petitioner is on bail in one case and one case is 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 transpires on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused person, 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77713 of 2025(3) dt.21-01-2026 3/3 amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 286 of 2024, subject to the following conditions :-
(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be 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