Arjun Raj @ Kundan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17640 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-47 Year-2024 Thana- HARSIDHI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Arjun Raj @ Kundan Paswan S/O Yogendra Ram R/O Village - Bariyahdih, ward no.- 1, P.S- Harsidhi, Dist.- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Anil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Anurag Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-08-2025
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 offence punishable under Sections 323,324,363,366 and 504/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
4. As per the prosecution case, it is alleged by the informant that she along with her daughter were working in the house of accused Leela Devi. On the date of occurrence her daughter went to do work, but did not return and when informant enquired about same then accused persons assaulted her.
5. The main submissions advanced by learned counsel
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17640 of 2025(3) dt.21-08-2025 2/3 for the petitioner is that the so-called victim has been recovered and in her statement under section 164 of Cr.P.C. she has stated that she was taken to Delhi by this petitioner where they married in a temple and three months thereafter, she was brought back by the parents of the petitoner at Motihari and was kept at their residence, where she was assaulted by them but except this, there is no allegation against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the victim has been examined by the Medical Board and over her body, no external injury was found which falsifies the allegation of assault to her. The FIR was lodged after the delay of 56 days from the date of commission of the alleged occurrence. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
6. Learned counsel appearing for the State has also opposed the bail prayer of the petitioner.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of this case as well as above submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17640 of 2025(3) dt.21-08-2025 3/3 concerned in connection with Harsidhi P.S. Case No. 47/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Prakash/- U