Pritam Kumar @ Ghutra @ Pritam Kumar Ghutra v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail allowed; Sections 304(2) B.N.S.; Muffasil P.S. Case No. 368/2024, Begusarai; mangalsutra snatching by unknown motorcycle-borne persons; FIR against unknown; petitioner unnamed in FIR, implicated via confessional statement of co-accused Abhishek Kumar; parity with co-accused granted bail vide Cr. Misc. No.30600/2025; custody since 20.11.2024 (over one year); seven criminal antecedents, four acquittals, two bails; no seizure list for alleged recovery till charge-sheet; no T.I.P. conducted; charge sheet submitted; no likelihood of tampering; bail bond Rs. 25,000/- with two like sureties before CJM-1st Class, Begusarai; conditions: family-member bailor, trial attendance, no tampering, operational mobile number, monthly presence at police station on first Tuesday; Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89985 of 2025; Alok Kumar Pandey, J; order dt. 13-01-2026.
What did the court decide?
Release of the petitioner on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate-1st Class, Begusarai in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 368/2024, subject to conditions: (i) one bailor shall be father, mother, sister, brother, wife or the person who swore the affidavit in the bail application; (ii) cooperation in trial and presence on all dates, with absence on two consecutive dates without permission constituting a ground for cancellation of bail by the Trial Court; (iii) liberty to the prosecution to move for cancellation if the petitioner tampers with evidence or witnesses; (iv) furnishing of a mobile number kept operational till disposal, and marking of presence before the officer-in-charge of the concerned police station on the first Tuesday of every month.