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2026 Supreme(Online)(Pat) 4573

PATNA HIGH COURT
RAJESH KUMAR VERMA, J
Bobby Kumar – Appellant
Versus
The State of Bihar – Respondent
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.78069 of 2025



Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh
For the Respondents: Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP

The bail was granted based on insufficient evidence against the petitioner, emphasizing conditions for trial cooperation and evidence integrity.

Headnote:This judgment deals with the petitioner seeking bail in connection with Chautham P.S. Case No. 134 of 2025 under Sections 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023. The petitioner is accused of motorcycle theft and asserts his innocence, claiming false implication. The court finds insufficient evidence apart from a confession and grants bail with conditions to ensure trial participation and absence of witness tampering. The court acknowledges prior criminal antecedents of the petitioner and ensures verification of the same. Final order allows bail contingent upon bond submission.

Table of Content
1. bail sought in motorcycle theft case (Para 2 , 3)
2. arguments on evidence and innocence (Para 4 , 5)
3. bail granted with conditions (Para 6)

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER

3 22-01-2026 Heard Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner as well as Mr. Suresh Prasad Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since

01.06.2025 in connection with Chautham P.S. Case No. 134 of 2025, F.I.R. dated 29.05.2025 for the offences punishable under Sections 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita , 2023.

3. According to prosecution case, the informant alleged that his motorcycle was stolen by someone when he parket it in front of gate and went to participate in Kharif Maha Abhiyan Program. Hence the FIR.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. It appears from the FIR that date of the occurrence was on 28.05.2025 but the FIR was lodge on 29.05.2025 i.e. after delay of one day without giving any reason of delay. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during investigation and thereafter the petitioner had confessed his guilt in the present occurrence. It appears from the FIR and seizure list that the motorcycle in question was recovered from garage of Mukesh Kumar and except the confessional statement of the petitioner, no other cogent material has come during investigation which suggest the involvement of the petitioner in the present occurrence. He further submits that the police after investigation submitted the charge sheet and the petitioner is in custody since 01.06.2025 .

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner carries four criminal antecedents other than the present one.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Khagaira in connection with Chautham P.S.

Case No. 134 of 2025, subject to the following conditions:-

i. 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.

ii. If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witnesses, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

iii. 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 antecedent, 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)

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