Jai Prakash @ Jai Prakash Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23447 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-331 Year-2024 Thana- KOCHAS District- Rohtas ====================================================== 1.
Jai Prakash @ Jai Prakash Kumar Son of Shri Mundrika Singh Resident of Village / Mohalla - Sarvoday Nagar, Kochas, P.O. and P.S - Kochas, District - Rohtas (Bihar) 2.
Vikash Kumar Son of Shri Nirmal Singh Resident of Village / Mohalla - Sarvoday Nagar, Kochas, P.O. and P.S - Kochas, District - Rohtas (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Md. Iftekhar Mahmood ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-04-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(2), 117(2), 303(2) and 109(1) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that his son along with his friends were returning after seeing a programme when they were intercepted by the accused persons and his son was assaulted by the accused persons, further Om Prakash and Jai Prakash (petitioner) assaulted his
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23447 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 2/3 son by an iron rod causing fracture of left hand, further Jyoti and Jitendra assaulted Dablu by lathi causing injury on head requiring several stitches, while Vikash (petitioner) and Akash pelted stone causing pain in chest of Krishna Kumar, further Vikash took purse of Bablu containing Rs. 6,000/- while Akash snatched gold ring of Sundar, it is next alleged that the reason for the occurrence was that the side of the petitioners and the informant dashed each other on account of which a mobile fell.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that son of the informant along with his friends were in a drunken condition and were abusing, as such, the occurrence took place in which both sides assaulted each other. It is also submitted that from side of the petitioners Kochas P.S. Case No. 329 of 2024 has been instituted while the instant FIR has been instituted on 09.11.2024 when the date of occurrence is 07.11.2024. It is next submitted that the instant FIR is counterblast to Kochas P.S. Case No. 329 of 2024 dated 08.11.2024. It is further submitted that petitioners are young boys aged about 24 and 25 years and in the event if they are sent to judicial custody, their entire career would get jeopardized and chances are bright that they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23447 of 2025(2) dt.30-04-2025 3/3 may come in contact with hardened criminals in jail. It is also submitted that petitioners are students, as would manifest from Annexure-4 to the anticipatory bail application.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kochas P.S. Case No. 331 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T