Kaif Ansari @ Kaif Khatarnak v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Regular bail; Section 392 IPC (robbery/dacoity of highway); truck UP84T 9354 looted with ten tons of iron rod; driver and Khalashi kidnapped; recovery via GPS chip alert to SHO Sahebganj; iron rods missing on truck; implication solely through confessional statement of co-accused Pradeep Giri @ Dhananjay Giri; petitioner not named in FIR; no recovery from conscious possession; no TIP conducted; parity with bailed co-accused (Cr. Misc. No.9828 of 2023, order dt. 09.05.2023); chargesheet filed; bail bond Rs.10,000 with two like sureties; conditions on trial attendance, non-tampering and antecedent verification without delaying bond acceptance; Pipra Kothi P.S. Case No. 114 of 2022; East Champaran; Motihari; CJM Motihari; Kaif Ansari @ Kaif Khatarnak; State of Bihar; Rajesh Kumar Verma, J.; Patna High Court; decision dated 01-05-2026.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Pipra Kothi P.S. Case No. 114 of 2022, subject to the conditions stated in the order (trial co-operation and presence; no tampering with evidence/witnesses; verification of criminal antecedents without delaying acceptance of bail bonds).