IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8202 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-221 Year-2024 Thana- ISUAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Nagendra Ray @ Katari Ray S/O Bharat Ray Resident of Village- Agauthar, P.S- Inshuapur, District- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ram Shankar Prasad, Adv. For the State : Mr. J.N. Thakur, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 3 08-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State. 2. In this case, the petitioner is seeking regular bail in connection with Ishuapur P.S. Case No. 221 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 3(5) of BNS. 3. The informant, Buchchi Kunwar (mother of the deceased), alleges that co-accused Anand Rai came to her darwaza and took her son Jitu Kumar Mahto (the deceased) with him to the darwaza of Kheman Rai where 20 named accused persons including the present petitioner along with 10- 15 unknown persons badly assaulted Jitu Kumar Mahto with lathi, danda, bricks and stones. Jitu Kumar Mahto died during Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8202 of 2025(3) dt.08-05-2025 2/3 course of treatment. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The informant is not an eye-witness. He has further submitted that in the entire case diary, not a single witness claims himself to be an eye-witness. The petitioner is under custody since 23.09.2024. The investigation has been completed against the petitioner although it is continuing against the other co-accused persons, as such, the custodial interrogation of the petitioner is not expected. 5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State Sri J.N. Thakur has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the post-mortem report corroborates the allegation mentioned in the FIR. 6. From perusal of the case diary, it transpires that no one has seen the occurrence. The petitioner is a person of clean antecedent and is under custody since 23.09.2024. 7. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above-named be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Saran at Chapra in connection with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8202 of 2025(3) dt.08-05-2025 3/3 Ishuapur P.S. Case No. 221 of 2024, subject to the following conditions that:- (i) The petitioner shall cooperate in the disposal of trial and make himself available as and when required by the court. (ii) The petitioner shall physically appear before the court below on each and every date till framing of the charges. kundan/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U T