Dhiraj Sahni @ Dhirendra Sahni @ Dhirendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87650 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-225 Year-2020 Thana- VAISHALI District- Vaishali ====================================================== Dhiraj Sahni @ Dhirendra Sahni @ Dhirendra Kumar Son of Harendra Sahni Resident of village- Sorhatha PS- Belsar (OP), District- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 03-04-2026 Heard Mr. Shanti Bhushan Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since 21.01.2025 in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 225 of 2020, F.I.R. dated 11.07.2020 for the offences punishable under Sections 392 and 412 of Indian Penal Code.
3. According to prosecution case, one wagon-R vehicle has overtaken the informant's Bolero pick up van which was carrying 70 bags of wall putty weighing 40 kg each. 4-5 unknown miscreants have alighted from wagon-R, looted the material and fled away. It is further alleged that Rs.3600 was also taken by the miscreants.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87650 of 2025(5) dt.03-04-2026 2/3 petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. Petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during investigation on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused, namely, Subham Joshi and till date no TIP has been conducted by the prosecution. He next submits that similarly situated co-accused persons, namely, Rajan Kumar and Shubham Joshi @ Subham Joshi has been granted the privilege of bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated26.05.2021 and 10.12.2020 in Cr. Misc. No. 2241 of 2021 and Cr. Misc. No.32494 of 2020. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted the charge sheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 21.01.2025.
5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that it has come during investigation that 30 bags of putty was recovered from the house of the petitioner and apart from that petitioner carries eighteen criminal antecedents in which he is on bail in fourteen cases and four cases are pending for consideration before competent court of law.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87650 of 2025(5) dt.03-04-2026 3/3 the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned C.J.M., Vaishali, Hajipur in connection with Vaishali P.S. Case No. 225 of 2020, subject to the following conditions:- i. 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. ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
iii. 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 antecedent, 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) Suruchi/- U T