Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Ram v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18631 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-335 Year-2024 Thana- NAUTAN District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.

Suraj Kumar @ Suraj Ram Son of Sanjay Ram Resident of villageHaribalma PS-Nautan Dist- Siwan 2.

Sachin Kumar @ Sachin Ram son of Gyani Ram Resident of villageHaribalma PS-Nautan Dist- Siwan 3.

Pawan Kumar @ Pawan Ram son of Dharmraj Ram Resident of villageHaribalma PS-Nautan Dist- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms.Kumari Anupam For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sunil Kumar Pandey ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(I), 109, 117(2), 303(2), 324(4), 352, 351(2), 351(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 30(a) of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 22-12-2024 at around 6 PM, when he was sitting at his door when all the accused persons including the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18631 of 2025(4) dt.23-07-2025 2/3 petitioners were drinking liquor in goddess Kali temple, which is situated just beside his house. It is next alleged that with an intention of committing theft, the accused persons were trying to cut the door of the temple and when the same was objected by the informant, he was abused and assaulted by farsa causing injury. It is further alleged that Pawan Ram snatched his chain while Ankit Bhagat snatched his watch and ring, further on alarm, villagers gathered and they fled from the place of occurrence leaving their motorcycle from which 1.2 litres of liquor was recovered.

4.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that petitioners had gone to the temple for worshiping where an altercation took place and the villagers gathered and assaulted the side of the petitioners. It is further submitted no doubt the motorcycle, which was seized, belongs to petitioner No. 1, but then the liquor was not recovered from the motorcycle rather the same was planted by informant and his associates.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18631 of 2025(4) dt.23-07-2025 3/3 counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Nautan P.S. Case No. 335 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T