Ajit Kumar @ Prince @ Aditya Kumar @ Prince Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.82155 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-386 Year-2024 Thana- BAUNSI District- Banka ====================================================== Ajit Kumar @ Prince @ Aditya Kumar @ Prince Kumar S/o Raj Kumar Sah Resident Of Village- Siray, Ps- Bounsi, Dist- Banka. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ravi Prakash Dwivedi, Advocate Mr. Saurabh Raj, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Upendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 10-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bounsi P.S. Case No. 386 of 2024 registered for the offence under Sections 103(1), 61(2) of BNS and Section 27 of Arms Act.

3. The accused/petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and is in custody since 28.12.2024.

4. As per FIR, co-accused persons including petitioner committed murder of son of the informant by causing firearm injury.

5. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that admittedly the informant is not the eye-witness of the occurrence and with very general and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82155 of 2025(3) dt.10-02-2026 2/3 omnibus allegation, she implicated petitioner with present crime in question without having any cogent materials. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Gautam Kumar Yadav @ Gautam Kumar has already been granted bail by one of the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 28763 of 2025 dated 06.08.2025. While concluding argument, it is submitted that investigation of this case is already completed, for which charge-sheet has been submitted, as such, there is no chance of tampering with the evidence. Petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

6. Learned APP while opposing the prayer of bail could not disputed the aforesaid factual submission.

7. Considering the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as the allegation prima facie appears to raised on the basis of suspicion arising out of hearsay input that too in very general and omnibus manner against the petitioner, who is in custody since 28.12.2024, coupled with the fact that investigation of this case is already completed, accordingly, petitioner above named, is directed to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.82155 of 2025(3) dt.10-02-2026 3/3 be released on bail in connection with Bounsi P.S. Case No. 386 of 2024, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka/concerned Court, subject to the conditions as mentioned under Section 437(3) of the Cr.P.C./Section 480(3) of BNSS.

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) veena/- U T