Lalu Kumar @ Lallu Kumar @ Lalu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17144 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2024 Thana- ARA MUFFSIL District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Lalu Kumar @ Lallu Kumar @ Lalu Paswan Son of Jeevan Paswan R/o Village - Jagwaliya, P.S. - Ara Muffasil, Dist. - Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate :
Ms. Priya, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026 Heard Ms. Priya, learned counsel for the petitioner as also learned APP representing the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Ara Mufassil P.S. Case No. 66 of 2024 registered for the offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 307, 427, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, lodged on 24.02.2024 by the informant, Krishna Murari Singh.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that on the occasion of Goddess Saraswati Idol immersion, a clash took place and allegation is that Ankush Paswan and Arvind Paswan assaulted and when Adarsh Kumar Singh came to rescue, all of them also assaulted and damaged the Scorpio of Srikant Singh. This led to the F.I.R..
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a perusal of the F.I.R. would show that his presence is there but main assault theory has been assigned to Ankush Paswan and Arvind Paswan. Though she concede that the petitioner has criminal antecedent. Last submission is that without accepting the allegation or outcome of the present petition, the petitioner intends to pay Rs.5,000/- to Srikant Singh towards his damaged vehicle by Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India/any Nationalized Bank to be submitted at the time of execution of bail bond.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer submitting that his name has also come in the list of the accused persons.
6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the parties as also that the main role has been assigned to Arvind Paswan and Ankush Paswan, F.I.R. is there, he shall be facing the trial, in that background, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail subject to payment of Rs.5,000/- to Srikant Singh as undertaken by the learned counsel for the petitioner through Demand Draft issued by the local branch of the State Bank of India/any Nationalized Bank to be submitted at the time of execution of the bail bond and the same shall be handed over to Srikant Singh after checking his
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7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-II, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with Ara Mufassil P.S. Case No. 66 of 2024 subject to the following conditions:- (i) one of the bailor should be the family member/relative of the petitioner who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card/Voter Id/Driving License/Pan Card) to show his/her bona fide;
(ii) the petitioner shall be appearing before the Police Station as and when required for cooperating in the investigation;
(iii) the petitioner shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her bail bond by the Trial Court itself;
(iv) the petitioner shall appear before the concerned police station every month for next six months to mark his attendance and at the end of the period a certificate be submitted
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(vi) the petitioner shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T