Govind Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court bail order, 19-02-2025, Justice Arun Kumar Jha; Criminal Miscellaneous Nos. 7429 and 7574 of 2025; Bihpur P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024, Bhagalpur; IPC Sections 394 and 411; Arms Act Sections 25(1-B)a, 26, 27, 35; armed snatching/robbery of e-rickshaw driver; country-made katta fired, spent cartridge recovered; mobile phone and Rs. 500/- snatched; defence objection on injury report (no exit wound, no metallic substance, simple injury by hard blunt substance); katta allegedly planted after truck-driver scuffle; charge-sheet submitted; custody since 21.02.2024; bail granted on bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties; conditions under Section 437(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure plus three additional conditions; petitioners Sunny Kumar (alleged shooter, two antecedent cases) and Govind Kumar (alleged phone-snatcher, clean antecedents).
What did the court decide?
Both petitioners directed to be released on bail in connection with Bihpur P.S. Case No. 80 of 2024 on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned court below, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 437(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and three additional conditions (close-relative bailor; presence on every date fixed by the court below; liability of bail bonds to cancellation on absence on three consecutive dates or breach of bail terms).