Randhir Kumar @ Paras Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Randhir Kumar @ Paras Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Paragraph-7 condition of the bail order dated 12.01.2026 (Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025) amended so that the bail bond shall not be accepted only if the petitioner is found involved in any case other than Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 and Piplawan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2024; period for surrender extended by four weeks; all other terms and conditions of the earlier order unchanged.

Issue for consideration

Whether paragraph-7 of the order dated 12.01.2026 in Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025 - conditioning acceptance of the petitioner's bail bond on criminal-antecedent verification limited to the cases disclosed in paragraph-3 of the bail application - should be modified, since Piplawan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2024 (Section 309(4) BNS) had been omitted from paragraph-3 for lack of knowledge.

Court's answer

The modification application is allowed to the extent of paragraph-7 of the order dated 12.01.2026: before accepting the bail bond the petitioner's criminal antecedent shall be verified, and if he is found involved in any case other than Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 and Piplawan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2024, his bail bond shall not be accepted.

Ratio / Principle

The period for surrender of the petitioner is further extended by four weeks from the date of this order (13-02-2026).

Key takeaways

All the terms and conditions of the earlier order remain the same as in the order dated 12.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025.ratio¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) allowed a modification application in Cr. Misc. No. 9687 of 2026 (arising out of Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 133 of 2025, Patna) concerning Randhir Kumar @ Paras. The earlier order dated 12.01.2026 in Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025 had granted regular bail subject to paragraph-7 requiring verification of the petitioner's criminal antecedents before acceptance of the bail bond, with the bond to be refused if he was involved in any case beyond those disclosed in paragraph-3 of the bail application. Counsel submitted that only Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 (Sections 304(2), 112(2) BNS) had been disclosed, and Piplawan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2024 (Section 309(4) BNS) was left out for lack of knowledge. The court accordingly modified paragraph-7 so that the bail bond shall not be accepted only if the petitioner is found involved in any case other than those two named cases, extended the surrender period by four weeks, and kept all other terms and conditions the same as in the order dated 12.01.2026.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9687 of 2026

In

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65126 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-133 Year-2025 Thana- NAUBATPUR District- Patna

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Randhir Kumar @ Paras S/o- Pramod Prasad Resident of Village- Sarat Police station- Naubatpur, Dist- Patna

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Amar Anand For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY

ORAL ORDER

2 13-02-2026

The petitioner was granted regular bail vide order dated 12.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025. While granting bail, it was observed in paragraph 7 of the order that before accepting the bail bond, the criminal antecedent of the petitioner shall be verified and if it is found that he is involved in any other case except the cases mentioned in paragraph-3 of the bail application, his bail bond shall not be accepted.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner had mentioned one case i.e. Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 under Sections 304(2), 112(2) of the BNS in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application and due to lack of knowledge, Piplawan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2024 under Section

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9687 of 2026(2) dt.13-02-2026 2/2

309(4) of the BNS, had been left to be mentioned in paragraph-3 of the bail application.

Considering the facts and circumstances, the present modification application is allowed to the extent in paragraph-7 of the order dated 12.01.2026 that, before accepting the bail bond, the criminal antecedent of the petitioner shall be verified and if it is found that he in involved in any case other than Naubatpur P.S. Case No. 797 of 2024 and Piplawan P.S.

Case No. 117 of 2024, his bail bond shall not be accepted.

Accordingly, the period for surrender of the petitioner is further extended for four weeks from today.

All the terms and conditions shall remain same as

in order dated 12.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65126 of 2025.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J)

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