IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70666 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-232 Year-2022 Thana- KATIHAR MUFFASIL District- Katihar ====================================================== 1. Vivek Paswan @ Vivek Kumar S/O Late Narayan Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 2. Gaurabh Paswan S/O Late Narayan Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 3. Atul Paswan @ Utul Kumar S/O Awadhesh Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 4. Awadhesh Paswan S/O Late Haradhan Paswan @ Lae Haradhan Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 5. Sidharth Paswan S/O Gopal Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 6. Gopal Paswan S/O Late Haradhan Paswan @ Lae Haradhan Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar 7. Bhaskar Paswan @ Bhashkar Paswan S/O Awadhesh Paswan Resident of Village- Haflaganj, P.S.- Mufassil, District- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajendra Prasad Sah, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 342, 307, 427, 504, 506, 435, 295(A), 120B of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per F.I.R., 19 named, including these petitioners and 40-50 unknown persons set the motorcycle of the informant on fire and pushed informant on the burning motorcycle. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70666 of 2025(2) dt.19-12-2025 2/2 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Allegation against these petitioners is general and omnibus. F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of thirty-five days which itself raises doubt over veracity of the prosecution case. Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering general and omnibus allegation, delay in lodging the F.I.R. and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Katihar Mufassil P. S. Case No. 232 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T