IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15470 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-672 Year-2023 Thana- BASANTPUR District- Siwan ====================================================== Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Ray S/o- Narayan Ray @ Naarayan Ray Village- Ujjaina, P.S- Lakdi Nabiganj O.P Basantpur , District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner Versus The State of Bihar ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Prashant Kashyap, Advocate Mr. Ashok Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Nand Kishore Prasad, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 11-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 325, 379, 427, 307, 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code to which Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code was added later on. 3. As per F.I.R., on 4.12.23, this petitioner along with other accused persons and 10 unknown persons were ploughing the khatiyani land of informant through tractor and when husband of the informant protested, all the accused persons assaulted him by means of lathi, danda and iron rod. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that on account of land dispute between the parties, a free fight took place in which both sides sustained injuries. Case and counter case. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail. He submits that the petitioner is named in the FIR with specific allegation that he along with co-accused Ranjit, Narain Rai and Ambika assaulted informant’s husband with iron rod as a result of which he sustained injuries on his head. Victim died Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15470 of 2025(3) dt.11-04-2025 2/2 in course of treatment. 6. Considering the nature and gravity of allegation, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected. Shashi (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T