Baidhnath Paswan @ Baidhnath Ram v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail application allowed; CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72560 of 2025, Patna High Court, oral order dated 10-02-2026 by Honourable Justice Smt. Soni Shrivastava; petitioner Baidhnath Paswan @ Baidhnath Ram (resident of Chamainiya, P.S. Shyampur Bhataha, Sheohar) sought bail in Patahi P.S. Case No. 123 of 2011, District East Champaran, for offences under Sections 364(A), 366, 376, 379 and 34 IPC on allegation of being a Naxalite gathering with co-accused; custody since 10.07.2025; charge-sheet submitted and charges framed; trial pending at prosecution-evidence stage, no witness examined; six co-accused already bailed vide Annexure-2 series and Annexure-3; State (APP Md. Aslam Ansari) opposed citing delay from 2011 FIR; bail bond Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; counsel for petitioner: Abhishek Kumar, Harsha Shashwat.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner enlarged on bail in connection with Patahi P.S. Case No. 123 of 2011 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 where the case is pending/successor court, subject to conditions that he appear on each and every date till conclusion of trial, failing which (absence on two consecutive dates without substantial and satisfactory reason) the court below may cancel his bail bonds.