Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6063 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-515 Year-2022 Thana- GHORASAHAN District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.
Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep S/O Jokhu Rai R/O Village- Agarwa, P.S- Jitna, Distt.- East Champaran.
2.
Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Rai S/O Anutha Rai R/O Village- Agarwa, P.SJitna, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rahul Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Narsingh Tanti, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 09-05-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The accused/petitioners are named in the F.I.R. and apprehended their arrest in connection with Ghorasaham P.S. Case No. 515 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 201, 120(B) and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per FIR, petitioners along with other named co-accused persons committed murder of grandson of informant by inflicting knife injuries.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6063 of 2025(3) dt.09-05-2025 2/3
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that except suspicion nothing survives against these petitioners. It is submitted that reason for suspicion is that petitioners found running ahead from the place, where dead body of grandson of informant was found lying. It is submitted that after investigation, police exonerated petitioners and did not sent up their name for trial rather charge-sheet was filed against Sunny Deol and Sanjay Rai. It is submitted that by taking different note and without assigning any reason learned Jurisdictional Magistrate took cognizance against both above named petitioners, which occasioned to prefer present anticipatory bail application. While concluding the argument it is submitted that petitioners are men of clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP appearing on behalf of the State, opposes the prayer for bail.
6. In view of aforesaid facts and circumstances and by taking note of the fact as prima-facie except suspicion nothing incriminating appears against petitioners out of facial perusal of FIR, coupled with the fact that police after
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6063 of 2025(3) dt.09-05-2025 3/3 investigation exonerated petitioners, accordingly both above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Trial Court within a period of four weeks, are directed to be released on bail, furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. IIIrd, Sikrahana at Dhaka/concerned Trial Court where the case is pending in connection with Ghorasaham P.S. Case No. 515 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) S.Tripathi/- U T