Rajdeo Paswan @ Rajdev Paswan @ Rajdeo Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11549 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-161 Year-2022 Thana- TEKARI District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Rajdeo Paswan @ Rajdev Paswan @ Rajdeo Kumar Son of Shivpujan Paswan @ Sheopujan Paswan @ Shiv Pujan Paswan @ Sheo Pujan Paswan Resident of Village- Tepa, P.S.- Tekari, District- Gaya 2.

Nitish Paswan @ Niteesh Paswan S/O Krishna Paswan Resident of VillageTepa, P.S.- Tekari, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Mohammed Arif, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 04-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Tekari P.S. Case No.161 of 2022 instituted under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323 and 307 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per the prosecution case, 50 to 60 accused persons including these petitioners armed with iron rod, sword, hockey sticks, danda etc. came and surrounded the informant and others belong to his community and started assaulting them. It is further alleged that the accused persons also pelted stones on the informant and others.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11549 of 2025(2) dt.04-04-2025 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have been falsely implicated in this case due to village and caste politics. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioners. Further submission is that though there is allegation of assault but there is no injury report available on record to corroborate the same. Both the parties are co-villagers and they have compromised the present case (Annexure - P/3). It is lastly submits that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 26.03.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 4485 of 2025. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent and they undertake to cooperate in the investigation.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties and the fact that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail-bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-VIth, Gaya in connection with Tekari P.S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11549 of 2025(2) dt.04-04-2025 3/3 Case No.161 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T