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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./20960/2026bail granted

Dhiraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2026-03-30Mr. Justice Rajesh Kumar Verma4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20960 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-74 Year-2024 Thana- MEDNI CHAUKI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Dhiraj Kumar S/o Daroga Yadav R/o Village - Sadhbaba Asthan Mohanpur, P.S - Mednichauki, District - Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Umesh Prasad, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH KUMAR VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-03-2026 Heard Mr. Umesh Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh, learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks bail, who is in custody since 05.02.2026, in connection with Mednichowki P.S. Case No. 74 of 2024, F.I.R. dated 06.04.2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 324, 307, 109, 504 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Allegation against the petitioner is that he has assaulted to the father of the informant by means of kachiya from which leg was cut.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that it appears from the F.I.R.

2/4 that the F.I.R. is in two parts, in first part, there is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner and in second part, there is specific allegation against the petitioner that he has assaulted to the father of the informant by means of kachiya from which the leg was cut and other co-accused person, namely, Golu @ Chhotu has assaulted on the head of the father of the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that although the father of the informant has received injury but the injury inflicted upon the father of the informant is simple in nature and there is case and counter case between the parties. He further submits that co-accused person, namely, Ram Ratan Yadav @ Ratan Yadav has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 25.09.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 45474 of 2024. The petitioner is in custody since 05.02.2026.

5. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that from perusal of the F.I.R. it appears that there is direct and specific allegation against the petitioner that he has assaulted to the father of the informant and apart from that the petitioner carries three more cases other than than the present one but fairly submits on the basis of paragraph-3 of

3/4 the bail petition that out of three cases, the petitioner is on bail in two cases and one case is pending for consideration before the competent court of law.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that there is case and counter case between the parties and co-accused person has been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, let the petitioner, above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned District & Additional Sessions Judge-III, Lakhisarai in connection with Mednichowki P.S. Case No. 74 of 2024, subject to the following conditions :-

(1) Petitioner shall co-operate in the trial and shall be properly represented on each and every date fixed by the Court and shall remain physically present as directed by the Court and on his absence on two consecutive dates without sufficient reason, his bail bond shall be cancelled by the Court below.

(2) If the petitioner tampers with the evidence or the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.

(3) And, further condition that the court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at

4/4 any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

(Rajesh Kumar Verma, J) Ibrar//- U T