Bail granted based on clean antecedents and questionable evidence linking petitioner to the crime.

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vaidehi Raman Prasad Singh, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

3 19-01-2026 Heard Mr. Vaidehi Raman Prasad Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

22.10.2025, in connection with Tariyani P.S. Case No. 131 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 14.06.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(2) and 318(4) of the B.N.S.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is of forcibly withdrawing half of the amount from the account of beneficiaries of State Government under Bihar State “Fasal Sahayta Scheme”.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has clean antecedent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused person namely Manish Kumar and the said Manish Kumar has been granted default bail by the learned Court below itself and except the confessional statement of apprehended co-accused person, no other cogent material has come during investigation to suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 22.10.2025.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioner having clean antecedent and the name of the petitioner has been transpired on the basis of confessional statement of apprehended co-accused person and the said co-accused person has been granted bail by the learned Court below itself, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in connection with Tariyani P.S. Case No. 131 of 2025, subject to the following conditions :-

(1) 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.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(3) 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 antecedents, 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.

Ibrar//- (Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)