IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51899 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHAUL District- Begusarai ====================================================== Rupesh Kumar Singh @ Fukru Singh, S/o Sri Jitendra Prasad Singh, Resident of Village- Manjhaul, Ward No. 06, Police Station- Manjhaul, District- Bagusarai ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Raj Kumar, Adv For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 12-08-2025 Heard Mr. Raj Kumar, learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Manjhaul P.S. Case No. 12 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 109(1), 303(2), 324(4), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. On the fateful day while the husband of the informant had gone to Delhi for his treatment, in the mean while, the petitioner alongwith one Bittu Singh barged into her house and started abusing. On protest being made, the accused person caught hold her and pushed her down and also demanded Rs. 20,000/- as extortion money. It is further alleged that in the evening both the accused persons came at the book shop of her Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51899 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 2/3 son and ransacked the entire shop. The petitioner also allegedly assaulted the son of the informant, Mukesh Kumar, by means of iron rod, due to which he sustained serious injury. The petitioner alongwith another accused also looted the valuables and the cash from the shop. 4. Learned Advocate appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that in fact on account of a trifle, some altercation has taken place between the petitioner and son of the informant, resulting into scuffle and unfortunate injury. Taking advantage of this, the informant, lodged the FIR with some concocted story. So far the injury sustained to the informant’s son is concerned, the same has been found to be simple in nature as is evident from the impugned order. The petitioner bears one criminal antecedent, however, he is on bail in the said case. There is no repetition of blow and moreover, the allegation of snatching the valuables is a concocted one and nothing has been recovered from the whereabout of the petitioner. The petitioner undertakes that he will fully cooperate in the investigation and the proceeding of the Court. 5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State opposed the pre-arrest bail application and submits that the petitioner has actively participated in the crime and assaulted the son of the informant. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51899 of 2025(2) dt.12-08-2025 3/3 6. Having considered the submissions set forth by learned Advocate for the respective parties and taking note of the simple nature of the injury, coupled with the genesis of the occurrence and the undertaking, let the petitioner above named be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court of Sub Judge-cum-Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjhaul in connection with Manjhaul P.S. Case No. 12 of 2025, with a condition that if the petitioner would be found indulged in threatening and intimidating the informant and her son, the informant shall be at liberty to file an application for cancellation of his bail and also subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. supratim/- (Harish Kumar, J) U T