Amarjit Kumar Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6145 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-175 Year-2024 Thana- KHAIRA District- Saran ====================================================== Amarjit Kumar Ram, Son of Nathuni Ram Village- Kanar Hariharpur, PO and P.S.- Khaira, District- Saran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Jeetendra Narayan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Dr. Ajeet Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-03-2025 Heard Mr. Jeetendra Narayan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Dr. Ajeet Kumar, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Khaira P.S. Case No. 175 of 2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 341, 323, 354, 326, 327, 504, 506 r/w 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the petitioner, along with other co-accused, assaulted the informant and outraged the modesty of informant's mother.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and he has falsely
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6145 of 2025(3) dt.06-03-2025 2/3 been implicated in the present case. The injury, which has been caused on the nose on the informant, is without intention and in the self-defence, petitioner may have caused some injury to the informant. Though the injury caused is grievous in nature, the petitioner has tried to help the informant with a sum of Rs.5 lakh but inspite of the said fact the petitioner has been roped in the present case. Both the parties are agnates and over a trivial matter they indulged in fierce-fight. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner undertakes that he will not indulge in such conduct in future, he will not misbehave with any of the female family members of the informant and he will restrain himself from conducting any crime. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedent. On these grounds, the petitioner seeks to be released on bail.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail and submitted that the petitioner has not only outraged the modesty of the female family member of the informant but also he, by means of sword, has cut the nose of the informant, with an intention to kill and on these grounds the petitioner don't deserve to be released on bail.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6145 of 2025(3) dt.06-03-2025 3/3 behalf of the parties, as well as, the fact that injury is grievous in nature, which has been caused on the nose of the informant, at the same time it has been submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner himself has undertaken that he will not indulge in such conduct in future, he will not misbehave with any of the female family members of the informant and he will restrain himself from conducting any crime and the petitioner also has clean antecedent.
7. Learned District Court is directed to verify the records and the materials collected in course of investigation, whether the nose of the informant has been amputated or not. In case learned District Court finds that informant's nose has not been amputated and the face of the informant is not disfigured then in that case, the learned District Court may consider to pass a fresh order within a period of four weeks from today, till then no coercive steps should be taken against the petitioner in connection with the aforesaid case.
8. Accordingly, the present bail application stands disposed of.
(Purnendu Singh, J.) Ashishsingh/- U T