Chhotu Yadav @ Purshottam Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.5342 of 2025; decided 11-04-2025 by Justice Rudra Prakash Mishra; bail granted; Naugachiya (Naugachia) P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024, District Bhagalpur; Sections 302, 387, 34 Indian Penal Code; Section 27 Arms Act; murder of informant's son; non-fulfilment of extortion money demand; petitioner not named in F.I.R.; confessional statement of co-accused Rahul Yadav; no recovery from conscious possession; custody since 15.05.2024; twenty criminal antecedents; parity; co-accused bailed vide order dated 21.09.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 50298 of 2024; bail after framing of charge; bail bonds Rs.10,000 with two sureties; bail conditions (family bailor, trial attendance, no tampering, territorial jurisdiction restriction); Ranjan Kumar Jha for petitioner; Syed Mojibur Rahman APP for State.
What did the court decide?
Bail granted: petitioner to be released after framing of charge, if not already framed, on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Court below/concerned Court in connection with Naugachiya P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024, subject to conditions: (i) one bailor to be own/close family member; (ii) appearance on every trial date, with liberty to the Trial Court to cancel bonds on default on two consecutive dates; (iii) prosecution at liberty to move for cancellation if evidence or witnesses are tampered with; (iv) no leaving the territorial jurisdiction of the Court without prior permission of the learned court below, failing which prosecution may move for cancellation.