For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Girish Chandra Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 20-01-2026 Heard Mr.Girish Chandra Jha learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Jharkhandi Upadhyay, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

11.11.2025 in connection with Kamtaul P.S. Case No. 240 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 07.11.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 309(4) of BNS .

3. The FIR of the occurrence of loot is against unknown.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has been transpired during investigation on the basis of the confessional statement of co-accused person, namely, Sunil Kumar Pandey and except the aforesaid, no other cogent material has come during investigation against the petitioner to suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence and till date no TIP has been conducted by the prosecution and the petitioner is in custody since 11.11.2025.

5. Learned A.P.P.