Rahul Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1181 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2023 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Begusarai ====================================================== Rahul Kumar S/o Nawal Kishore Rai @ Naval Kishor Roy Resident of Village- Samastipur, PS- Bhagwanpur, (Teyay OP), District- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Rahul Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms.Pushpa Sinha.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 05-02-2025 Heard Mr. Rahul Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Ms. Pushpa Sinha.1, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 07 of 2023 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 461, 379 and 411 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the shop of the informant was allegedly opened and articles were stolen. The petitioner and other co-accused persons are named in the FIR.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Name of the petitioner has surfaced in this case on the basis of confessional statement of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1181 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2025 2/2 co-accused and confessional statement made before police has no evidentiary value.

5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate- V, Begusarai in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 07 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

7. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.

(Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U