Deepak Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20835 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-78 Year-2024 Thana- SAHAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Deepak Rai S/O Sri Sriman Narayan Rai R/O Village- Perhap, P.S- Sahar, Distt.- Bhojpur, Bihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Ravi Shankar Roy For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Umesh Lal Verma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 04-07-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 78 of 2024 registered for the offences under Sections 147, 148, 149, 307, 302, 448, 201, 447 of the I.P.C. and under Section 25(1-b)a, 26, 27 and 35 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant alleges that named male accused persons entered his Dalan where he was sitting with his son and on account of previous enmity, the accused being agnates fired, on which, the informant and his son fled inside their house, thereafter, co-accused Priyanshu, Deepak and Sonu fired indiscriminately causing injury to his son, further Diwakar, Vishnu, Suman, Parmatma, Nandu, Chhotak and 3-4 unknown also fired at the informant and his son who was lying
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20835 of 2025(5) dt.04-07-2025 2/3 on the ground while other co-accused persons were was watching the occurrence from the window. It is next alleged that his son was declared dead by the doctor.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the instant case. Further submission is that similarly situated coaccused namely Kiran Devi, Kanti Kaur and Rita Devi have been granted anticipatory bail by Co-ordinate Benches of this Court vide orders dated 27.03.2025 and 06.08.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. Nos. 4868/2025 and 54406/2024. It is lastly submitted that the petitioner has three criminal antecedents.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties and also considering the fact that during the course of investigation many eye witnesses have stated that the petitioner was not present at the place of occurrence, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20835 of 2025(5) dt.04-07-2025 3/3 satisfaction of learned J.M.F.C., Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Sahar P.S. Case No. 78/2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/ Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. This application stands disposed of.
(Sourendra Pandey, J) tusharika/- U T