Sujeet Kumar Paswan @ Sujeet Kumar @ Sujit Kumar Paswan @ Sujit Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Bail – Regular bail granted
Case brief
What is this about?
Cr. Misc. No.51996 of 2025, Patna High Court, order dt. 05-12-2025 by Justice Ashok Kumar Pandey. Keywords: regular bail; Section 304(2) B.N.S.; Sachivalaya P.S. Case No. 135 of 2024; Patna; chain snatching; petitioner not named in FIR; self-confessional statement; no recovery; CCTV footage — petitioner not identified (APP concession); fourteen criminal antecedents; custody since 18.01.2025; bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two sureties; ACJM-IInd Patna; conditional bail with cancellation clauses. Relevant for precedents on grant of bail to repeat offenders in snatching cases under BNS 304(2) and for conditional-bail formulations in the Patna High Court.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted; petitioner to be released in connection with Sachivalaya P.S. Case No. 135 of 2024 on bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each before ACJM-IInd Patna/concerned trial court, subject to trial-attendance and future-conduct cancellation conditions.