Prakash Chouhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13930 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-394 Year-2025 Thana- PAKARIBARAW District- Nawada ====================================================== Prakash Chouhan Son of Late Bhikhari Chouhan Resident of Village - Chhotaki Marhal, P.S.- Pakribrawan, District - Nawada ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sheo Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Humayou Ahmad Khan, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026

1. Heard learned 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 115(2), 126(2), 118(2), 109, 303(2), 324(4), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of three cases and the informant alleges that accused persons intercepted her and her husband and Ravi assaulted her husband by Gandasa causing injury on head thereafter Deepak assaulted him by sword causing injury on leg while petitioner assaulted him by sword causing injury on the rib cage and Ravi acted inappropriately with the informant and snatched her chain.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13930 of 2026(2) dt.30-03-2026 2/3 petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that informant specifically alleges that Ravi assaulted her husband by Gandasa causing injury on head and thereafter Deepak assaulted him by sword causing injury on head but then it is also alleged that petitioner assaulted by sword causing injury on the rib cage but then from perusal of the injury report annexed as Annexure-4 to the anticipatory bail application, it would manifest that the same records only two injuries, i.e., lacerated wound (head), left leg cut injury and body pain and the injuries have been opined to be grievous but then no injury has been found on the rib cage. It is, thus, submitted that petitioner came to be implicated with his sons, i.e., Ravi and Deepak who are behind the bars.

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 counsel for the petitioner and also taking into consideration the injury report that the same does not record any injury on the rib cage, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13930 of 2026(2) dt.30-03-2026 3/3 released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.1,000/- (Rupees One Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Pakribrawan P.S. Case No. 394 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T