Raja Babu Singh @ Raja Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12130 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2024 Thana- PATAHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Raja Babu Singh @ Raja Singh Son of Sadanand Singh Resident of Village - Gujraul, Ps- Patahi, Dist- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Manish Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Madhurendra Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that this petitioner, along with other accused persons, committed murder of the husband of informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. From bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that there is no eye witness to the occurrence and only suspicion has been raised against this petitioner only on the ground of prior dispute. It is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12130 of 2026(3) dt.09-04-2026 2/3 further submitted that during investigation, one Sone Lal Sah was apprehended and he, in his confessional statement, confessed that he committed the alleged offence and he has not named this petitioner. During investigation, no material has come to suggest the complicity of this petitioner in the alleged offence. Similarly situated co-accused, namely, Abhiram Kumar has already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 17.03.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 89942 of 2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, 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 Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Patahi P. S. Case No. 195 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12130 of 2026(3) dt.09-04-2026 3/3 Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T