Samrat Kumar @ Sonu Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.10681 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-611 Year-2024 Thana- DEHRI TOWN District- Rohtas ====================================================== Samrat Kumar @ Sonu Singh Son of Late Birendra Singh Resident of Village- Kapasiya, P.S.- Rajpur, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Bhaskar Shankar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shyameshwar Dayal, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103 & 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. Informant suspects that co-accused Raja Kumar along with other F.I.R. named accused persons including this petitioner committed murder of his son.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. Informant is not eyewitness to the alleged occurrence. Name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation in the confessional statement of co-accused Raja Kumar, which has got no evidentiary value in the eye of law. As a matter of fact it was an accidental death. Son of Informant met an accident and died. Petitioner claims
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.10681 of 2025(2) dt.24-02-2025 2/2 clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner.
6. Considering the fact that name of the petitioner transpired only in the confession of co-accused and no role has been attributed to this petitioner, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bailbond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Dehri, Rohtas in connection with Dehri (T) P. S. Case No. 611 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Prakash/- U