Patna High Court – Orders
Sonu Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 27 May, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.33608 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-177 Year-2024 Thana- ROH District- Nawada
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Sonu Kumar S/O Late Sanjay Kumar R/O Village- Kunjaila, P.S- Roh, Dist.-
Nawada.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ram Prawesh Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY
ORAL ORDER
2 27-05-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with
Roh P.S. Case No. 177 of 2024 registered for the offences under
Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian
Penal Code and Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the Information
Technology Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, the police got secret
information that the accused persons are indulged into
scamming people through phone on false assurance of job. It is
alleged that on seeing the police party, the accused persons
started to flee, however, one person namely, Pawan Kumar was
apprehended and the others managed to escape. It is further
alleged that the said apprehended accused person disclosed the
name of the petitioner and others.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner has not committed any offence and has falsely been
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implicated in this case. It has been further submitted that the
name of the petitioner has surfaced on the confessional
statement of the apprehended co-accused person and it has lastly
been submitted that the other similarly situated co-accused
persons namely, Vicky Kumar @ Bikky Kumar, Raghunandan
Kumar @ Raghunandan, Sintu Kumar and Sonu Kumar have
already been granted anticipatory bail by Co-ordinate Bench of
this Hon’ble Court vide order dated 11.09.2024 passed in Cr.
Misc. No. 58980 of 2024. It has been submitted that the
petitioner carries one criminal antecedent and he is in custody
since 18.03.2025.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed
the prayer for bail of the petitioner and has stated that the
petitioner forms a gang who are involved in duping innocent
persons.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions made by the
parties and taking into account the fact that the similarly situated
co-accused persons have been granted bail, let the petitioner
above-named be enlarged on bail 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 Judicial
Magistrate-1st Class, Nawada in connection with Roh P.S. Case
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No. 177 of 2024 subject to the conditions :-
(i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall
be his close relative.
(ii) The petitioner shall remain physically
present in Court on each date of the trial.
(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive
dates or in violation of the terms of the bail,
the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable
to the cancelled by the court concerned.
(iv) The Court below shall verify the
criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in
case at any stage it is found that the
petitioner has concealed his criminal
antecedent, the court below shall take step
for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner.
However, the acceptance of bail bonds in
terms of the afore-mentioned order shall not
be delayed for purpose of or in the name of
verification.
(Sourendra Pandey, J)
Neha/-
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