Praveen Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6315 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-12 Year-2024 Thana- HALSI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Praveen Kumar S/o Latlu Bind R/o Village- Kakrauri, P. S. - Halsi, DistrictLakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Shakir Ahmad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 09-05-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned APP for the State.

2. The present criminal miscellaneous application has been filed under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as 'the BNSS, 2023') for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner who apprehends arrest in connection with Halsi P.S. Case No. 12 of 2024, lodged on 14.01.2024, under Sections 147/148/149/341/323/307/379/325 of the I.P.C. and under Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against ten named and 10 to 15 unknown accused persons with allegation that they all in connivance with each other assaulted the informant brutally.

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4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that the only allegation against the petitioner is that he had snatched Rs.1100/- from the pocket of one person associated with the informant, namely, Amarjeet. Counsel further submits that antecedent of the petitioner is not clean. There are three criminal antecedents against the petitioner and in all the cases he has been acquitted. Counsel further submits that he is ready to fulfill all the conditions whatsoever shall be imposed upon him. Counsel submits that case-diary was called for to see the injuries.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that in the injury report there are multiple injuries were found on the person of the injured in which injury Nos.1, 2 and 4 are grievous in nature and only one injury is simple in nature. He submits that in the case-diary it has come that the informant and his friend were beaten in the name of cast conflict.

6. Considering the nature of injury and criminal antecedent, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner is hereby rejected. However, in the event of surrender of the petitioner within four weeks from today, the prayer for regular

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(Dr. Anshuman, J) Mkr./- U