Dinanath Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18252 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2022 Thana- PAKRIDAYAL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Dinanath Sah Son of Jai Narayan Sah @ Jay Narayan Sah Resident of Village -Mathiya, PS- Pakaridayal, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Karandeep Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 11-04-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 144 of 2022, lodged on 02.06.2022, under Sections 147, 148, 149, 342, 302, 323 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution, F.I.R. has been lodged against six named accused persons, alleging that they assaulted the informant's father with bricks and an iron rod, resulting in his death.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel further submits that the bail application of one similarly situated person has already been granted by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 15.02.2023, passed in Cr. Misc. No. 57207 of 2022. It is further submitted that the case diary, post-mortem report, and all relevant materials have been called for in the present case, and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18252 of 2025(2) dt.11-04-2025 2/2 this Court has duly scrutinized the injuries, the mode and cause of death, and has arrived at the finding that no external injury was found on the body. Moreover, a clear-cut cause of death has not been assigned by the doctor, instead, the viscera from eight different sites has been preserved and sent to Forensic Laboratory Examination. Counsel also submits that the petitioner has been in custody since 22.01.2025
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is not clean, there is one criminal case pending against him.
6. In the present facts and circumstances of this case and the submissions made above, let the petitioner above named, be granted bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Pakaridayal P.S. Case No. 144 of 2022, subject to the following conditions as laid down under Section 437(3) of Cr.P.C.
(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Aman Kumar/- U T