Lotan Paswan @ Amrendra Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25446 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-478 Year-2025 Thana- PARSABAZAR District- Patna ====================================================== Lotan Paswan @ Amrendra Paswan S/O Late Baij Nath Paswan @ Baij Nath Prasad R/O Village - Fatehpur, P.S- Parsa Bazar, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh, Advocate.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shailendra Kumar, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No.478 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 352, 351(1) and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he along with other co-accused with an intention to kill assaulted the informant causing injury on the vital part of the body.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence as alleged in the F.I.R. He further submitted that petitioner had allegedly assaulted the informant with lathi and rod, but in absence of any injury report on the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25446 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 body of the informant, the allegation, prima facie, appears to be false and unsustainable. Learned District Court while rejecting the bail application has not considered the nature of injury and the opinion of the doctor.

5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner.

6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the F.I.R., learned District Court is directed to call for the injury report, if any and if it is found that no injury report has been prepared, therefore, in absence of any evidence and also the fact that co-accused Munna @ Shethi has already been enlarged on bail by a co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 16939 of 2026 vide order dated 25.03.2026, let the petitioner, above named, be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District Court where the case is pending in connection with Parsa Bazar P.S. Case No.478 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C / 482(2) BNSS.

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7. The District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in Para3 of the bail petition, this order will automatically lose its force.

8. The bail application stands disposed of.

(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U T