Shubham Singh @ Subham Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail granted; Patna HC; CR. MISC. No.17337 of 2024; decision 20-03-2024; Justice Ramesh Chand Malviya; Musrigharari PS Case No. 03 of 2023, Samastipur; Section 395 IPC; Section 27 Arms Act; jewellery-shop robbery, ornaments worth Rs. 10,00,000/- looted; petitioner Shubham Singh @ Subham Singh unnamed in FIR; identified via confessional statement of co-accused Rahul Kumar; no independent witness to seizure list; parity with co-accused Rishi Ray (Cr. Misc. No. 53538 of 2023, order dated 23.08.2023); impugned order of Sessions Judge, Samastipur dated 24.01.2024; custody since 02.08.2023; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties to CJM, Bhojpur at Ara; conditions incl. fortnightly police attendance for six months and anti-tampering undertakings; advocates Shashank Shekhar (petitioner) and Gulnar Begum APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Prayer for bail allowed; petitioner to be released on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Musrigharari PS Case No. 03 of 2023, subject to conditions: (i) one bailor to be a family member providing official documentation of bona fide; (ii) appearance on each trial date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation of the bail bond by the trial Court; (iii) appearance before the concerned police station every fortnight for six months to mark attendance; (iv) no inducement/promise/threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence, failing which the State may seek cancellation; (v) desistence from committing further criminal offences, failing which the State may seek cancellation.