Nitish Kumar @ Chhotu @ Lovely Kumar@ Chhotu Kumar@ Lovely v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19088 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-492 Year-2024 Thana- KONCH District- Gaya ====================================================== Om Prakash @ Prakash @ Prakash Kumar S/o Ashok Raut @ Bhagyanath Raut @ Ashok R/o vill- Konch, P.s- Konch District -Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== with CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 24132 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-492 Year-2024 Thana- KONCH District- Gaya ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Chhotu @ Lovely Kumar@ Chhotu Kumar@ Lovely S/O Satish Paswan R/O Village- Konch, P.S- Konch, Distt.- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s

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

(In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 19088 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Brijmohan Das, Advocate For the State :

Mr.Choubey Jawahar, APP (In CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 24132 of 2025) For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Praveen Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr.Arun Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 23-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners; learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State in both the cases.

2. The petitioners seek bail in connection with Konch P.S. Case No. 492 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 109, 125 and 352 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19088 of 2025(3) dt.23-07-2025 2/2 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the FIR, after a dispute the deceased was intercepted and assaulted by 10-15 persons. The petitioner Om Prakash is named in the FIR. Apart from Om Prakash, there are other two co-accused are also named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner namely Nitish Kumar has come during investigation as per the evidence of the eye witnesses. The postmortem report supports the prosecution case. A number of injuries have been found on the deceased. The petitioners are in custody since 21.11.2024.

4. Considering the above, these applications are dismissed.

5. The Court below is directed to expedite the trial.

6. Learned counsel for the informant undertakes to produce the witnesses in the trial.

7. If the trial is delayed by the prosecution, the petitioners may renew their prayer for bail.

(Sandeep Kumar, J) P. Kumar U T