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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83634 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2024 Thana- BISHANPUR District- Darbhanga ======================================================
1. Sujeet Sharma S/o Bilash Sharma R/o Village - Dargan, P.S - Katra, District - Muzaffarpur
2. Shyam Sharma S/o Bilash Sharma R/o Village - Dargan, P.S - Katra, District - Muzaffarpur
3. Ram Babu Sharma S/o Bilash Sharma R/o Village - Dargan, P.S - Katra, District - Muzaffarpur
4. Santosh Sharma @ Santosh Kumar S/o Ram Babu Sharma R/o Village - Dargan, P.S - Katra, District - Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pankaj Kumar Das, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Pandey, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 06-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 308, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per F.I.R., these petitioners assaulted informant by means of iron rod, pipe, pistol and snatched gold chain from his neck and Rs. 10,000/- from his pocket. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and falsely been implicated in this case due to old enmity. As a matter of fact, present case is counter blast of Katra P. S. Case No. 4 of 2019 which was lodged by
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.83634 of 2025(2) dt.06-01-2026 2/2 petitioner no. 2 under Section 302 IPC. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus and there is no specific allegation of overt act against these petitioners. F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of eight days which itself raises doubt over veracity of the prosecution case. Rest of the allegations are ornamental only to make the case grave. Petitioners claim clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the nature of accusation 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 learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IX, Darbhanga in connection with Bishanpura P. S. Case No. 23 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T