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Garib Das @ Sonu Kumar Singh @ Sonu Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC10 Oct 2025CR. MISC./26482/2025

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Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 26482 of 2025 (Rudra Prakash Mishra, J.), order dated 10-10-2025: bail application of Garib Das @ Sonu Kumar Singh @ Sonu Kumar in Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 137 of 2024 (Samastipur), offences under Sections 103(1), 61(2) and 3(5), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, rejected; trial directed to be expedited; liberty to renew bail if trial not concluded within two months.

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Bail refused; trial Court directed to expedite the trial; liberty reserved to the petitioner to renew his bail prayer before the Court below if the trial is not concluded within two months from receipt/production of the order. ¶21

Garib Das @ Sonu Kumar Singh @ Sonu Kumar Vs The… — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26482 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-137 Year-2024 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur

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Garib Das @ Sonu Kumar Singh @ Sonu Kumar Son of Chandrakant Singh village- Atapur, Ps- Hasanpur, Dist- Samastipur

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mrs. Vaishnavi Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, APP For the Informant : Mr. Aditya Raj, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH MISHRA

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ORAL ORDER

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4 10-10-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

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APP for the State, learned counsel for the informant and perused the case diary.

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The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 137 of 2024, instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

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The prosecution case, in short, is that the petitioner along with other co-accused persons have committed murder of informant’s brother while he was returning from a feast on 07.11.2024. The informant claimed that co-accused Dhananjay has strangled the deceased with a rope and staged it as a suicide due to a prior dispute involving an illicit affair.

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26482 of 2025(4) dt.10-10-2025 2/3

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. Charge-sheet has been submitted in this case. No incriminating material has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that the allegation is not specific rather the same is general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that the deceased has committed suicide. The informant is not an eye witness of the said occurrence. The petitioner is in custody since 12.11.2024 and has got no criminal antecedent.

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Learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner and submits that there is specific allegation against the petitioner and the witnesses have supported the prosecution case, which fact is mentioned in paragraph nos. 05, 06, 09 and 21 of the case diary. Learned counsel for the informant further submits that the trial is in progress and 3 out 6 witnesses have already been examined in this case. Hence, the petitioner does not deserve the privilege of bail.

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Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation and the gravity of the offence as also present stage of the case, this Court is not inclined to

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26482 of 2025(4) dt.10-10-2025 3/3

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grant bail to the petitioner.

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The prayer is rejected. The trial Court is directed to expedite the Trial. However, if the trial is not concluded within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production, the petitioner will have liberty to renew his prayer for bail in the Court below.

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(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J)

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