Ballam Paswan @ Dilip Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3234 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2024 Thana- ASHTHAWAN District- Nalanda ====================================================== Ballam Paswan @ Dilip Paswan S/o Ramdeo Paswan R/o Village- Chulhari, P.O.- Noawan, P.S.- Asthawan, District- Nalanda (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashwani Kumar Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Arun Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 191(2), 190, 221, 222, 223, 115(2), 117(2), 109, 121(1), 121(2), 132, 324(4), 352, 351(2) and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3 of the Damage to Public Property Act.
3. As per prosecution case, on the alleged date and time of occurrence, all the F.I.R. named accused persons including 200-300 unknown persons blocked the main road of Noawa and when police went to pacify the matter, all the accused persons became violent and thereafter, abused and started pelting stones upon the police party and assaulted police personnel with bricks as a result of which some of the police personnel sustained injuries.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3234 of 2025(3) dt.28-02-2025 2/2
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and he has been made accused only on suspicion. Specific accusation of assault is against F.I.R. named accused persons. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the fact that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. and clean antecedent of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda at Biharsharif in connection with Asthawan P.S. Case No. 171 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T