Raghunath Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20734 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-597 Year-2021 Thana- PHULWARISHARIF District- Patna ====================================================== RAGHUNATH SINGH Son of Late Shankar Singh R/V- Basant Chak Bodhgaman, P.S- Phulwarisarif Dist- patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Pankaj Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Ehteshamuddin ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 26-06-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The informant alleges that she received an information on 31.07.2021, at about 2:30 pm that her father-inlaw has been assaulted and murdered at his house at about 3:00 pm, accordingly, she reached the place of occurrence and saw the dead body of her father-in-law lying in pool of blood, accordingly, based on suspicion, it is alleged that the accused persons including the petitioner committed the occurrence. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is aged about 73

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20734 of 2023(2) dt.26-06-2023 2/3 years.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that the entire allegation hinges around suspicion and the informant is not the eye-witness to the occurrence and the petitioner is a senior citizen aged about 73 years. It is next submitted that a person who remained a person with clean antecedent till 73 years has been made a criminal based on suspicion when it is an admitted fact that the petitioner is agnate of the deceased. It is thus submitted that it appears that the informant in garb of the occurrence took the same as an opportunity to falsely implicate the petitioner in the present case.

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

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20734 of 2023(2) dt.26-06-2023 3/3 is pending/successor court in connection with Phulwarisahrif P.S. Case No. 597 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T