Ramkrishan @ Pradeep Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22436 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-115 Year-2024 Thana- KUMAR KHAND District- Madhepura ====================================================== Ramkrishan @ Pradeep Kumar S/O Bhupendra Yadav R/O Village- Shivnagar Jamuaaha Ward No. 8, P.S- Kumarkhand (Belari O.P), Distt.- Madhepura. ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Praveen Kumar Agrawal, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s:
Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 435, 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 14.04.2024 when informant was at home, suddenly she heard hulla, then she saw that some persons of her gotia, namely, Bhupendra Yadav, Jai Krishna Yadav, Pawan Kumar, Pradeep Kumar (the petitioner), Pamkaj Kumar, Mister Kumar and Binod Yadav @ Khokha Yadav were assaulting Nunulal Yadav with sharp weapon. Bhupendra Yadav was burning the wheat field with match box and fire spread in whole field. It is further alleged that when husband of informant tried to save Nunulal Yadav, then all ac-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22436 of 2025(2) dt.16-05-2025 2/3 cused persons started assaulting him as a result of which he fell down on the ground. He was taken to the hospital where he died.
4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that as per the FIR, total seven accused persons including this petitioner assaulted the deceased with sharp cutting weapons but post-mortem report opines that there was only only one injury on the dead body, which falsifies the prosecution case. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus against this petitioner and no specific overt act has been alleged against him. Further submission is that similarly situated co-accused Jai Krishna Yadav has already been granted bail by this Court vide order dated 05.03.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 78861 of 2024. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. Charge sheet has already been filed. Petitioner is in custody since 22.5.2024.
5. Learned counsel for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for regular bail of the petitioner is allowed. Let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate-I,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22436 of 2025(2) dt.16-05-2025 3/3 Madhepura in connection with Kumarkhand (Belari O.P.) P.S. Case No. 115 of 2024.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T