Lalit Kumar @ Mangal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77476 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-27 Year-2023 Thana- UJIYARPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Lalit Kumar @ Mangal Kumar S/O Ram Chandra Sahni Resident of Ward No. 9, Chandauli, P. S.- Ujiyarpur, Dist.- Samastipur, Bihar-848132 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Keshav Bhardwaj, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-12-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 356, 379 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, on 23.01.2023, when the informant was returning home, in the meantime, some unknown miscreants intercepted him and looted his bike, mobile and cash and thereafter, fled away.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77476 of 2025(2) dt.11-12-2025 2/3 committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R.. Name of petitioner transpired in this case during investigation merely on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Vikram Kumar. Save and except confessional statement, there is no material on record to show the complicity of this petitioner in the alleged offence. No looted article has been recovered from possession of this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.

7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Sessions JudgeVIII, Samastipur in connection with Ujiyarpur P.S. Case No. 27 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2)

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77476 of 2025(2) dt.11-12-2025 3/3 of the B.N.S.S..

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T