Satish Rai @ Satish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86804 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-126 Year-2019 Thana- RAGHOPUR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Satish Rai @ Satish Kumar Son of Raj Kumar Rai @ Rajkumar Ray R/OVill. - Sukumarpur, P.S. - Raghopur, Distt. - Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Priyanka Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Pushpa Sinha, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Krishna Prabhat, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Raghopur P. S. Case No. 126 of 2019 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 342, 323, 452, 354, 307, 326, 302, 201, 120B, 504, 506 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per prosecution case, this petitioner along with other F.I.R. named accused persons killed Sanjivan Rai, Chanarik Rai and Putul Rai by slitting them in pieces and threw their dead bodies in the river.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case and has not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86804 of 2025(4) dt.11-03-2026 2/3 participated in the alleged crime. Co-accused namely Dharmendra Rai @ Darmendra Kumar Yadav, Rama Rai @ Ramakant Rai and Sanjay Rai, carrying identical allegations to that of petitioner, have already been granted bail by coordinate Benches of this Court, vide order dated 21.10.2019 in Cr. Misc. No. 14407/2020, order dated 09.11.2020 in Cr. Misc. No. 29892/2020 and order dated 24.02.2021 in Cr. Misc. No. 2616/2021 respectively. Petitioner is in custody since 06.06.2025. It is further submitted that if granted relief, petitioner shall be diligently appearing in trial, failing which the trial court shall be free to take steps for cancellation of the bail bong.
5. However, learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. and he evaded the trial for long. Petitioner has got six criminal antecedents. F.I.R. is of the year 2018 and petitioner has surrendered in the year 2025.
6. Considering the nature of accusation, period of custody, undertaking of the petitioner that he shall be diligently appearing in trial without fail and the fact that similar situate others have been granted bail, this bail application is allowed.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86804 of 2025(4) dt.11-03-2026 3/3 The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-IV, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Raghopur P.S. Case No. 126 of 2019 subject to the following conditions:
(i) one of the bailors should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do even on a single date without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iii) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every month till the conclusion of the trial to mark his attendance and at the end of the period, the certificate be submitted to the Court;
(iv) the petitioner shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(v) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of his bail bonds. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T