Jyotish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81354 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura ====================================================== Jyotish Kumar S/O Vakil Yadav R/O Village- Jhitkiya, P.S- Madhepura (Ghailardh O.P.), Distt.- Madhepura.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Uday Chand Prasad, Advocate Mr. Manoj Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 27-01-2026 Heard Mr. Uday Chand Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Binod Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 18.07.2025, in connection with Madhepura (Ghailardh O.P.) P.S. Case No. 19 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 06.01.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 309(4) of the B.N.S.

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 confessional statement of co-accused Bihri

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81354 of 2025(3) dt.27-01-2026 2/3 Kumar @ Bihri Yadav 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 occurrence and nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 18.07.2025.

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 four more cases other than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of the bail petition that out of four cases, the petitioner is on bail in three cases and one case is pending for consideration before the competent court of law.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, 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., Madhepura in connection with Madhepura (Ghailardh O.P.) P.S. Case No. 19 of 2025, subject to the following conditions :-

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

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81354 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