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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26767 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-139 Year-2024 Thana- DHARHARA District- Munger ====================================================== Raja Babu @ Raja Kumar S/O Dayanand Bind R/O Village- Govindpur, P.S- Dharhara, Distt.- Munger. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Surya Narayan Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 4 03-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Dharhara P.S. Case No. 139 of 2024 for the offence registered under Sections 341, 323, 307, 379, 504, 506, 427 and 34 of the IPC and Section 27 of the Arms Act lodged on 04.06.2024 by the informant Manish Kumar Mandal.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that on 03.06.2024, when the informant went to the shop for frying the grains, the petitioner and one, Nitish Kumar abused him and tried to assault him but the matter was pacified. The allegation is that in the meantime, co-accused Akash Kumar came on the motorcycle and thereafter he also started abusing. Raja Kumar (the petitioner) open fired. The informant escaped
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26767 of 2025(4) dt.03-09-2025 2/2 but the motorcycle which was left there was badly damaged. This led to the FIR.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is case and counter case, injury is not on either of the side and further he does not have criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State, Mr. Bharat Bhushan, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that twice the abuse took place which followed the assault, the motorcycle was damaged, clearly, the petitioner was aggressor. Further submission is that though, in the counter case, it has been alleged that his leg was fractured, there is nothing on record on behalf of the petitioner to show that he got the injury and it is an exxagerated and afterthought FIR.
6. Considering the submissions of the parties as also the role of the petitioner that has come, as directed above, no relief can be extended.
7. The anticipatory bail stands rejected.
priyanka/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T