The court grants bail based on insufficient evidence linking the petitioner to the crime and mandates conditions for trial cooperation.

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhimanyu Deo, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 20-01-2026 Heard Mr. Abhimanyu Deo, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since

12.10.2025, in connection with Gaurichack P.S. Case No. 698 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 10.10.2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 309(6) of the B.N.S.

3. The F.I.R. of the occurrence of loot is against unknown.

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 secret information and thereafter the police has conducted raid to the house of the petitioner and co-accused person and the police has recovered the looted amount from the house of co-accused and the house of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the recovered amount has not been put for TIP and the police after investigation submitted chargesheet against the petitioner and the petitioner is in custody since 12.10.2025.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the looted amount has been recovered from the house of the petitioner.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, 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 A.C.J.M. II, Patna City, Patna in connection with Gaurichack P.S. Case No. 698 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.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)