Bhola Kumar @ Bhola Kumar Rai v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular conditional bail granted; Patna High Court Crl. Misc. No. 22018 of 2024, decided 09-08-2024 by Rajiv Roy, J.; petitioner Bhola Kumar @ Bhola Kumar Rai; Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 271 of 2023, District Samastipur; offences under Sections 457 and 380 IPC (theft of mobile phone and gold chain of informant Lalbabu Kumar's wife); recovery of mobiles; custody since 17.09.2023; clean antecedent; alibi of purchasing phone cheaply; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties before JMFC-cum-Addl. Munsif, Samastipur (Sri. Jayprakash Kisku); four bail conditions including family-member bailor and mandatory trial attendance; bail void if criminal antecedents surface.
What did the court decide?
Conditional release on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of Sri. Jayprakash Kisku, JMFC-cum-Addl. Munsif, Samastipur, in connection with Kalyanpur P.S. Case No. 271 of 2022, subject to four conditions: (i) one bailor to be a family member providing an official document showing bona fide; (ii) appearance on every trial date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation of the bail bond by the Trial Court; (iii) no inducement, promise or threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence; (iv) desistance from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State may seek cancellation of the bail bonds.