Chandan Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail ALLOWED by Patna High Court on 16-06-2025 (Justice Chandra Prakash Singh) in Cr. Misc. No. 23240 of 2025 / Bodhgaya P.S. Case No. 74 of 2024, Gaya. Charges: kidnapping for ransom under Section 364A IPC read with Section 34 (common intention) IPC, and Arms Act Sections 25(1-b)a, 26 and 35. Victim: minor Shyam Singh @ Prince (about 15 years); alleged ransom demand Rs. 40,00,000/-. Petitioner not named in FIR per counsel; charge-sheet filed and charge framed; custody since 13.02.2024; earlier bail petition rejected on 26.09.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 47569 of 2024. Bail bond Rs. 20,000 with two sureties of like amount; conditions: attendance before Court below on every date (two consecutive absences liable to bond cancellation) and cooperation in trial. Petitioner's counsel: Prithivi Raj Singh, Adv.; State counsel: Umanath Mishra, APP.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted to petitioner Chandan Kumar in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case No. 74 of 2024 on a bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Court concerned, Gaya, subject to the conditions that he remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date (absence on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause liable to cancellation of bail bonds) and that he cooperate in the trial.