Satyanarayan Uraon v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9639 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-64 Year-2024 Thana- BHIMPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== Satyanarayan Uraon, S/O Chhedi Uraon, Village- Bhimpur, Ward No. 1, PsBhimpur, District- Supaul ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Murari Narain Chaudhary, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 21-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. In the present case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Bhimpur P.S. Case No. 64 of 2024, registered for the alleged offences under Sections 302, 201/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, the petitioner and other coaccused persons killed the mother of the informant and threw her dead body on the Highway in the background of land dispute of the deceased with petitioner Satnarayan Uraon.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The informant is not eye witness as is apparent from the FIR as the informant is resident of Balua Bazar whereas the occurrence is stated to have taken place in Bhimpur which is at the distance of 10 km. The entire allegation is based on account of land

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9639 of 2025(2) dt.21-02-2025 2/3 dispute as the petitioner has purchased the land from the brother of the deceased long back in 1986-87 but no litigation had ever arisen with regard to land dispute. Learned counsel further submits that the deceased, an old lady left, was abandoned by the informant and her other family members and she used to survive on begging and she met with an accident on the Highway and this fact is also apparent from the postmortem report which shows the cause of death as cardio respiratory failure due to cardiogenic and neurogenic shock caused by renal tubular acidosis and external finding recorded all parts of body, i.e., head, neck, trunks were lacerated and all bones were fractured, i.e., crush injury of body. Such injury is possible only when a person suffers a road accident.

The police has submitted charge sheet under Section 304/34 of the Indian Penal Code against the co-accused and the petitioner Satyanarayan Uraon, other coaccused persons have been exonerated from the charges levelled against them. In these facts and circumstances, there could be no application of Section 302 read with Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code. The petitioner is having clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP opposes the submission made on behalf of the petitioner. Learned APP submits that during investigation it has come in the statement of the witnesses that the petitioner and other co-accused persons killed an old lady

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.9639 of 2025(2) dt.21-02-2025 3/3 when she was staying at the house of petitioner.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the postmortem report showing accidental injury and also considering the doubtful nature of allegation against the petitioner and further considering the clean antecedent of the petitioner and submission of charge sheet, the petitioner above named is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned S.D.J.M., Supaul/concerned Court in connection with Bhimpur P.S. Case No. 64 of 2024, subject to the conditions mentioned in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and also the following conditions :

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the court below.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J.) Jyoti Kumari/- U T