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Ravi Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar @ Suraj Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC23 Apr 2025CR. MISC./89363/2024

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What is this about?

Regular bail granted; Section 392 IPC; Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014, District Vaishali; renewed bail application after framing of charges on 17.10.2024; earlier rejection dated 30.08.2024 in Criminal Misc. No. 61597 of 2024; custody since 06.05.2024; no recovery of looted article; name surfaced via confessional statement of Randhir Kumar; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; CJM Vaishali at Hajipur; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89363 of 2024; Justice Sourendra Pandey; order dated 23-04-2025.

What did the court decide?

Regular bail granted: petitioner to be released on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014. ¶20

Ravi Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner should be granted regular bail in Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014 (Section 392 IPC), his earlier bail application having been rejected with liberty to renew the prayer after framing of charges.

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Court's answer

Taking into account the facts and circumstances and the previous observations of the Co-ordinate Bench, the Court was inclined to grant the petitioner the privilege of regular bail.

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Ratio / Principle

The prayer for bail is allowed; the petitioner is to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014.

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Patna High Court (Sourendra Pandey, J) allowed regular bail to Ravi Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar @ Suraj Kumar in Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014, registered under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code (prosecution case: four miscreants on two motorcycles deliberately collided with the informant's motorcycle and escaped with a bag containing cash). The petitioner's earlier bail application had been rejected on 30.08.2024 in Criminal Misc. No. 61597 of 2024, with liberty to renew the prayer after framing of charges; charges were framed on 17.10.2024 and the petitioner was in custody since 06.05.2024. Counsel urged innocence, non-recovery of any looted article from his possession, and that his name surfaced during investigation only on the basis of the confessional statement of one Randhir Kumar. Bail was granted on furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89363 of 2024

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-239 Year-2014 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali

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Ravi Kumar @ Chhotu Kumar @ Suraj Kumar Son of Jawahar Bhagat R/oVillage- Ram Math (Fakuli), P.S.- Fakuli, District- Muzaffarpur.

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... ... Petitioner/s

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Versus

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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Satya Prakash Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Upendra Kumar, A.P.P. ======================================================

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... ... Opposite Party/s

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER

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3 23-04-2025

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the

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learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

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2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014, registered for the offences punishable under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code.

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3. As per the prosecution case, the informant and his father while on their way to their home, were confronted by four miscreants on two motorcycles. The miscreants deliberately collided with the informant’s motorcycle and subsequently escaped with a bag that contained cash.

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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence and no incriminating looted article has been recovered from the

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89363 of 2024(3) dt.23-04-2025 2/3

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possession of the petitioner and the name of the petitioner has surfaced during the investigation on the basis of confessional statement of one Randhir Kumar and the petitioner is in custody since 06.05.2024. Learned counsel further draws the attention of this Court towards the order dated 30.08.2024, passed in Criminal Misc. No. 61597 of 2024, which has been brought by way of Annexure-1, wherein the previous application for bail was rejected, however, the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court had granted liberty to the petitioner to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charges. Lastly, the learned counsel has submitted that charges against the petitioner has been framed on 17.10.2024.

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5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail.

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6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances and taking into account the previous observations given by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of regular bail.

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7. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is allowed.

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8. Let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the court

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89363 of 2024(3) dt.23-04-2025 3/3

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of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur, in connection with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 239 of 2014.

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(Sourendra Pandey, J)

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Siwani/-

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