Harshit Prakash v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14532 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-351 Year-2024 Thana- SHRIKRISHNAPURI District- Patna ====================================================== Harshit Prakash Son of Sri Vibek Prakash R/o Village - Mithapur PS - Jakkanpur Dist. - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Sri Yogesh Chandra Verma, Sr. Advocate Sri Ashutosh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Sri Shyam Kumar Singh, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-04-2025
1. Heard Sri Yogesh Chandra Verma, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(1), 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 109, 121(1), 121(2), 132, 324(4) and 324(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that he received an information that near Banjara Restaurant at Sahdev Mahto Marg an SUV was parked and 6-7 boys were creating ruckus and disturbing peace by playing loud music, accordingly, the police reached the place of occurrence and saw 1-2 boys sitting in the rear seat of the vehicle and 5-6 boys were standing near the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14532 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/3 vehicle. When they were asked to stop playing the music then 34 boys started the vehicle and tried to flee and while fleeing injured the police personnel. Further, 2-3 boys fled on foot while other sat in the car and fled.
4. Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case. It is further submitted that petitioner is not the owner of the SUV which was parked near the place of occurrence from which loud music was being played. It is next submitted that name of this petitioner transpired in the confessional statement of Akash Kumar Singh who has stated that he started the car and fled as such it was Akash Kumar Singh who was driving the car and not the petitioner. It is next submitted that petitioner is a young boy aged about 24 years and if he is sent to judicial custody his entire career would get jeopardized and chances are bright that he may come in contact with the hardened criminals.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner abovenamed, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14532 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 3/3 Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Sri Krishnapuri P.S. Case No. 351 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
7. One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his father, namely, Vivek Prakash.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T