CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bairiya P.S. Case No. 377 of 2022 dated 07.12.2022, giving rise to S. Tr. No. 336 of 2023 instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 395 , 397 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act .

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that some unknown persons looted away cash amounting to Rs. 8,29,655/- from the State Bank of India on gunpoint. They also assaulted the informant and other employees of the bank.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The F.I.R. has been lodged against the unknown persons. Co-accused, Raja Kumar disclosed the name of the petitioner as one of the associates in the alleged occurrence. On that basis, the petitioner has been made accused in this case. The said Raja Kumar has been granted bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 31.08.2023 passed in Criminal Miscella