Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.22290 of 2025, decided 23-07-2025 by Justice Rudra Prakash Mishra. Regular bail granted to Munna Kumar Soni @ Munna Soni in K. Nagar P.S. Case No. 198 of 2024 (PS Case No. 198 of 2024, Thana Krityanand Nagar, District Purnia), Section 394 IPC (robbery/looting at pistol point, Rs. 1,50,000/- looted from office of informant). Keywords: bail after framing of charge; charge-sheet filed; not named in FIR; implication through confessional statement of co-accused Ishtiyak; no recovery of looted articles; no T.I. parade; custody since 30.09.2024; four criminal antecedents on bail; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; bailor from own/close family; cancellation of bail bonds on default of appearance on two consecutive dates. Petitioner's counsel: Nadimul Hasan; State counsel: Anant Kumar 1 (APP).
What did the court decide?
Bail granted to the petitioner after framing of charge (if not already framed) on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court below/concerned Court in connection with K. Nagar P.S. Case No. 198 of 2024, subject to conditions: (I) one of the bailors shall be an own/close member of the family of the petitioner; (II) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date fixed at the trial, with liberty to the Trial Court to cancel the bail bonds upon default of appearance on two consecutive dates.