Patna High Court
Sachin KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- REJECTED
- Bench
- RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
Holding
The Court denied bail, holding that the circumstances, including the recorded confession and prior antecedents, did not warrant the petitioner’s release.
Summary
Sachin Kumar was arrested on 17 September 2025 in connection with a murder case (Bidupur P.S. Case No. 557 of 2025) arising from an FIR dated 27 August 2025. The prosecution alleges that unknown persons fired at the informant’s husband, resulting in his death, and that the petitioner confessed to the crime, with the weapon recovered from his residence. The petitioner contended that he was never named in the FIR and that his name was only linked to the case through a self‑confessional statement recorded in an unrelated industrial case, asserting his innocence and lack of material evidence. The informant and the Additional Public Prosecutor opposed bail, emphasizing the recorded confession, recovery of the weapon, and the petitioner’s two prior criminal antecedents. The Court, after considering the circumstances, refused the bail application, concluding that the petitioner’s liberty should not be enlarged pending trial.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner in view of the alleged confession and recovery of the weapon
- Whether the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedents justify denial of bail
Legislation cited
Subjects
- bail
- confession
- arms act
- BNS Act
- criminal antecedents
- investigation
- inquest report
- postmortem
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11674 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-557 Year-2025 Thana- BIDUPUR District- Vaishali
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Sachin Kumar Son of Vishwanath Singh R/O Village- Pakaudi, P.S.-Bidupur,
District- Vaishali
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Anuj Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, APP
For the Informant : Mr. Ranjit Kumar Thakur, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA
ORAL ORDER
3 29-04-2026 Heard Mr. Anuj Kumar, learned counsel for the
petitioner, Mr. Ranjit Kumar Thakur, learned counsel for the
informant and Mr. Akshay Lal Pandit, learned Additional Public
Prosecutor for the State.
2. Petitioner seeks bail who is in custody since
17.09.2025 in connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 557 of
2025, F.I.R. dated 27.08.2025 for the offences punishable under
Sections 103(1), 6k1(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 and Sections
25(1-b)a, 26, 35 and 27 of the Arms Act.
3. According to prosecution case, some unknown
persons have shot fire upon the husband of the informant
resulting into his death.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
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petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the
present case. He further submits that the petitioner is not named
in the FIR and his name has been transpired during investigation
on the basis of the self confessional statement of the petitioner
which was recorded in Industrial P.S. Case No. 140 of 2025 and
except the aforesaid, no other material has come during
investigation which suggest the involvement of the petitioner in
the present occurrence. Apart from that the present FIR has been
instituted on 27.08.2025 and before that the inquest report has
been prepared on 25.08.2025 and the postmortem was
conducted on 26.08.2025.
5. Learned counsel for the informant as well as learned
Additional Public Prosecutor have vehemently opposed the
prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner
has confessed his guilt in the present occurrence which was
recorded in paragraph no. 33 of the case diary. Thereafter, on the
basis confessional statement of the petitioner the arms which
was used in present crime in question was also recovered from
the house of the petitioner and the same has been recorded in
paragraph no. 35 of the case diary. Apart from that the petitioner
carries two criminal antecedents other than the present one.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
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of the case, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in
connection with Bidupur P.S. Case No. 557 of 2025 pending in
the court of learned CJM, Vaishali at Hajipur.
7. Prayer is refused.
(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J)
Vanisha/-
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