Karan Pratap Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.15592 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2022 Thana- BARHARA District- Bhojpur ====================================================== KARAN PRATAP SINGH Son of Ram Kumar Singh Resident of Village - Nathmalpur, P.S.- Barhara, District - Bhojpur at Ara. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shakil Ahmad Khan, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 17-05-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable u/s 147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 326 IPC and 27 of the Arms Act.

As per the prosecution case, the F.I.R. named accused persons armed with rifles came and fired upon the son of informant. One Arvind Singh, continuously fired upon him. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation leveled against the petitioner is not specific rather general and omnibus in nature. The specific

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.15592 of 2023(2) dt.17-05-2023 2/2 allegation is against the co-accused Arvind Singh to fire upon the deceased. It is submitted that petitioner can be said to be a member of the mob. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for bail. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, since there is no specific overt act against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond 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 Barhara P.S. Case No.223/2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. (Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) pallavi/- U T