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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./19683/2025bail granted

Dharmendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-17Mr. Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19683 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-297 Year-2023 Thana- MIRGANJ District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Dharmendra Kumar S/o Paras Sah R/o Village - Line Bazar, P.S- Mirganj, District- Gopalganj,Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Anand , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar , APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State .

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 147, 148 , 149, 341 , 323 , 332, 307, 353 , 337, 153(a) , 295(a) , 427 and 298 of the Indian Penal Code and 66 ( D ) of Information Technology Act. 3 . F.I.R., lodged on written application of PSI Vishal Anand where he alleged that on 31.07.2023 at about 8:30 PM in evening he received information that some anti-social elements assembled to disturb communal harmony and when informant along with other police official reached at the place of occurrence and tried to pacify the matter between two groups of communities then both the communities clashed and also scuffled with police party .

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19683 of 2025(2) dt.17-04-2025 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific allegation of overt act against that this petitioner. Allegation is general and omnibus. Ptitioner is only alleged to be member of mob . Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the fact that there is no specific allegation of overt act against this petitioner, clean antecedent of this petitioner and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioner, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM XV Gopalganj in connection with Mirganj P.S. case No. 297 of 2023 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T