IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66716 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- TARABARI District- Araria ====================================================== Kanhaiya Bhagat @ Kanhaiya Prasad Gupta Son of Late Balli Bhagat @ Ram Balli Bhagat Resident of village -Tarabari, P.S.- Tarabari, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 66804 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- TARABARI District- Araria ====================================================== Parmeshwar Sah S/o Late Kashi Sah R/o Village- Sonar Tola ward N0 3, Jamua, Ps- Tarabari, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 66987 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- TARABARI District- Araria ====================================================== 1. Santosh Jha @ Santosh Kumar jha @ Santosh Kumar @ Santosh Ka S/o Buchu Jha @ Krishna Mohan Jha R/o Village- Tegachiya, Ps- Tarabari, District- Araria 2. Vinod Kumar Mishra @ Vinod Mishra S/o Anirudh Mishra R/o Village- Tegachiya, Ps- Tarabari, District- Araria ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar BIhar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 67629 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- TARABARI District- Araria ====================================================== Mukesh Kumar Paswan @ Mukesh Kumar Son of Shobit Paswan @ Shobhit Lal Paswan Resident of village- Tarabari, P.s.- Tarabari, District- Araria. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66716 of 2024(3) dt.14-02-2025 2/4 ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 66716 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ramesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Md. Shakir Ahmad (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 66804 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Samrendra Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Arun Kumar Singh (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 66987 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Samrendra Kumar Jha For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Arun Kumar Singh (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 67629 of 2024) For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ramesh Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 14-02-2025 All these applications have arisen out of same incident and registered under same P.S. case (Tarabari Ps. Case No.-68 Year-2024), as such, these are heard together. 2. Inadvertently, postmortem report has been called vide order dated 03.10.2023, which is not required in this case. 3. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 4. The instant application for anticipatory bail has been filed by the petitioners apprehending their arrest in a case instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 147, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66716 of 2024(3) dt.14-02-2025 3/4 148, 149, 448, 341, 323, 324, 326, 307, 332, 333, 354 (B), 379, 436 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of Arms Act. 5. As per the prosecution case, in relation to the Tarabari P.S. Case No. 67 of 2024, police recovered kidnapped Chandani Kumari and arrested the accused Mintu Singh and kept them under the supervision of the police officials in the police station. Both Mintu Singh and Chandni Kumari committed suicide by hanging themselves. When the relatives of the deceased persons got the information about the incident, several persons including the petitioners gathered, armed with weapons, and brutally assaulted the police official and also damaged their vehicles by setting them on fire. 6. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners has submitted that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in the present case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. No specific overt act is attributed against the petitioners. They were merely members Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66716 of 2024(3) dt.14-02-2025 4/4 of mob and not involved in the present occurrence. Moreover, similarly situated several co-accused persons have been granted anticipatory bail by the co-ordinate Bench of this Court. 7. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the prayer of bail. 8. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and in the facts and circumstances of the case as stated above, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioners on bail. The petitioners are directed to surrender in the Court below within a period of four weeks from today and in the event of their arrest or surrender in connection with Tarabari P.S. Case no. 68 of 2024, they will be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Araria, subject to the conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. Nirajkrs/- (S. B. Pd. Singh, J) U T