Pankaj Kumar v. The State of Bihar
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Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.56440 of 2025 (order dated 10-09-2025, Justice Chandra Prakash Singh): regular bail granted to Pankaj Kumar in Chandi P.S. Case No. 23 of 2025 (dated 11.02.2025), District Bhojpur, registered for offences under Sections 334(1) and 303(2) of the B.N.S. for alleged theft of mobile phones and related accessories from the informant's shop. Counsel for petitioner (Mr. Preeti Pundir) submitted innocence, false implication, non-naming in the FIR, emergence of the petitioner's name in the co-accused confessional statements, no recovery from his conscious possession, absence of criminal antecedent, and custody since 12.02.2025; the A.P.P. (Mr. Zainul Abedin) opposed, submitting that six mobile phones were recovered from the petitioner's house on search. Petitioner enlarged on a bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the court concerned, Bhojpur at Ara; application allowed.