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2026 DAILYLAW 31310 (PAT)

Mukesh Singh v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./4288/2026 · 2026-02-06

Ashok Kumar Pandey

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4288 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-162 Year-2025 Thana- CHOUTARWA District- West Champaran ====================================================== Mukesh Singh Son of Diwakar Singh @ Divakar Singh R/o Village - Jainitola, P.S. - Choutarwa, Dist. - West Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Milind Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rajendra Prasad Nat, APP For the Informant : Mr. Avinash Raj, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 06-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Choutarwa P.S. Case No. 162 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109 and 103 of the B.N.S., 2023. 3. The case of the prosecution in short is that the petitioners, along with others, arrived, being armed with lathi, danda and farsa, due to a land dispute, and they started assaulting the husband of the informant. It is further alleged that Ramesh Singh assaulted the head of the informant’s husband, namely, Mahant Yadav (deceased), with a farsa, due to which there was a fracture in the parietal bone, and he died during the Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4288 of 2026(2) dt.06-02-2026 2/3 course of treatment. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case. He also submits that there is land dispute between and the parties. There is also a case and counter case and there is direct allegation against one Ramesh Singh. The nature of allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus. He further submits that a statement has been made in para 3 of the petition that petitioner has no criminal antecedent. Moreover, the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 13.11.2025. Learned counsel has further submitted that similarly situated other co- accused persons have already been granted bail by this court vide Cr. Misc. No. 67495 of 2025. 5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and learned counsel for the informant. 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.4288 of 2026(2) dt.06-02-2026 3/3 Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 1st, Bagaha, West Champaran in connection with Choutarwa P.S. Case No. 162 of 2025. lata/- (Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) U T