Ravindra Chaudhary v. the State of Bihar
Bail granted – Patna High Court (Rajiv Roy, J.), 10-01-2025
Case brief
What is this about?
Conditional regular bail, Patna High Court, Rajiv Roy, J., 10-01-2025; three accused granted bail in Bagaha PS Case No. 491/2021 (West Champaran) under Sections 392, 395, 400, 412 IPC (robbery/dacoity; looting of Rs. 70,000 with Tab and biometric machine); custody of one to nearly two years; criminal antecedents noted but bail allowed; factors: prolonged custody, no T.I. parade, name only in co-accused Rajan Chaudhary's confessional statement, no recovery, parity cited with co-accused Ashok Tiwari (Cr. Misc. No. 26181 of 2022); conditions: parent as one bailor with bona fide document, attendance on every trial date (two consecutive absences invite cancellation), fortnightly police-station reporting for one year, no witness tampering, undertaking against future offences; bail bond Rs. 10,000 each with two like sureties to S.D.J.M., Bagaha.
What did the court decide?
All three petitioners released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Bagaha, West Champaran, in connection with Bagaha P.S. Case No. 491 of 2021, subject to conditions: (i) one bailor to be mother or father with official document showing bona fide; (ii) appearance on each and every trial date, failure on two consecutive dates without plausible reason entailing cancellation by the Trial Court; (iii) fortnightly appearance before the concerned police station for one year to mark attendance; (iv) no inducement/promise/threat to witnesses or tampering with evidence; (v) desistance from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State is at liberty to seek cancellation of bail bonds.