Ajad Singh @ Raushan Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.55090 of 2025; bail application allowed; Sections 356, 382, 34 Indian Penal Code; snatching/robbery of delivery boy; mobile phone and shipment bag worth Rs. 39528/-; Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 70 of 2020; District Saran, Bihar; implication solely via co-accused Shiva Singh's confessional statement before police (case diary paragraph 13); no evidentiary value of police confession urged; no recovery from accused; custody since 15.03.2021; protracted trial — charges framed 2022, no witness examined despite summonses; 16 criminal antecedents with acquittal in six and bail in a few; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two sureties; conditions — family-member bailor, physical appearance every date, cancellation for two consecutive absences; Judge: Smt. Soni Shrivastava.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below, in connection with Rivilganj P.S. Case No. 70 of 2020, subject to the conditions that one bailor be a family member or relative and that the petitioner appear physically on every date, failing which on two consecutive dates the court below may cancel his bail bonds.