Bablu Mandal @ Bablu KumarversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27413 of 2026
                 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-258 Year-2024 Thana- MUNGER MUFFASIL District- Munger
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                 Bablu Mandal @ Bablu Kumar S/o Alakh Niranjan Mandal R/o Village
                 -Nakee Lohachi, Shampur, Dist. - Munger.

                                                                                ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Vipin Kumar, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   04-05-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection

                   with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 258 of 2024 registered for the

                   offence punishable under Sections 103, 61(2), 3(5) of the

                   B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

                                3. The case of the prosecution, in short, is that the son

                   and the driver was killed by Pawan Mandal, Prince Singh and

                   Shyam Poddar by indiscriminate firing. In the later part of the

                   FIR, three more persons are named, who have done the rekey.

                                4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the

                   petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has

                   committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this

                   case. He also submits that the name of the petitioner is not there
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          in the FIR. During the course of investigation, the name of this

          petitioner has surfaced on the basis of confessional statement of

          co-accused Navin Tanti. Save and except the confessional

          statement, there is nothing against the petitioner. Learned

          counsel further submits that the co-accused, Navin Tanti, has

          named several persons in his statement, and one of them,

          namely, Sunny Kumar, has already been granted bail by a

          learned coordinate Bench of this Court vide Cr. Misc. No.

          45177 of 2025. The case of this petitioner stands on similar

          footing. Moreover, the petitioner is languishing in judicial

          custody since 12.08.2025.

                       5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP

          for the State and submits that the petitioner has criminal

          antecedent of six cases.

                       6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and

          considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is

          inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail with the condition

          that one of the bailor should be his near relative and the

          petitioner shall cooperate in the trial and shall remain

          physically present on each and every date fixed by the

          learned trial court. The above named petitioner is directed to

          be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs.
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                     ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to

                     the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger

                     in connection with Mufassil P.S. Case No. 258 of 2024.



                                                    (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J)
Sudhanshu/-

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