Shubhlal Ray @ Shubhlabh Ray v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.11631 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-346 Year-2024 Thana- BARHARA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Shubhlal Ray @ Shubhlabh Ray Son of Bijli Ray Resident of VillageKolhrampur, P.S.- Barhara, District - Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Diwakar, Advocate :

Mrs.Anjali Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Rajendra Nath Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025 1.

Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2.

This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Barhara PS case no. 346 of 2024 dated 21.11.2024, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 75, 352, 351(3), 3(5) of B.N.S. Act.

3.

The prosecution story, as per the First Information Report, is that on 21.11.2024, while the informant demanded back a sum of Rs. 5,000/- given to the petitioner as loan earlier, the petitioner and others assaulted the informant and it has been alleged that the petitioner assaulted the informant by means of iron rod on his head.

4.

Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case in order to harass

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11631 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/2 him, inasmuch as the informant is a money lender and for marrying his daughter, some money was taken as loan by the petitioner, which has been returned with high interest rate but still Rs. 5,000/- was being demanded by the informant. Referring to Annexure P/2, learned counsel submits that injury sustained by the informant is simple in nature. The petitioner is stated to be having no criminal antecedent.

5.

Regard being had to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is not having any criminal antecedent and injury sustained by the informant is simple in nature, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6.

This application is, accordingly, allowed.

7.

Let petitioner, abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Barhara PS case no. 346 of 2024, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) rinkee/- U T