Patna High CourtCR. MISC./509/2026bail granted

Vishal Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-02-13Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.509 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2025 Thana- SAKRA District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Vishal Kumar Son of Shashi Bhushan Singh R/o Village - Sundarpur, P.S. - Sakra, Distt. - Muzaffapur.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 103(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 .

3 . As per prosecution case , all the FIR named accused persons including this petitioner abducted informant's father and assaulted him with butt of pistol and iron rod causing his death.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that from perusal of the FIR itself it is clear that informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. Occurrence took place on 18.4.2025, post mortem was done on 21.4.2025 when informant came to his house, then on 7.5.2025 informant gave written statement to the police station and on 8.5.2025 FIR

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.509 of 2026(2) dt.13-02-2026 2/2 was lodged, i. e ,. after delay of more than 1 month, without showing plausible cause . Charge sheet has already been filed. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and he is in custody since 14.05.2025 . Similarly situated co-accused persons has already been granted bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 04.12.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 83215 of 2025 .

5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.

6. Considering the nature of accusation, materials collected during investigation and period of custody of the petitioner, his prayer for regular bail is allowed. Let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate 1st Class (East ), Court No. 1 , Muzaffarpur in Sakra Police Station Case No. 236 of 2025 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U