Vishnu Verma v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26979 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-161 Year-2024 Thana- BHAGALPUR KOTWALI DistrictBhagalpur ====================================================== Vishnu Verma Son of Hari Om Verma Resident of Mohalla- D.N. Singh Road, Kharmanchak, P.S. Jogsar, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Raghwendra Pratap Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Md. Fahimuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 10-04-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case in connection with Kotwali (Jogsar) P.S. Case No. 161 of 2024 dated 26.02.2024 registered for the offence/s punishable u/ss 188 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 25(9), 27 and 35 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is alleged to have made celebratory firing after taking double barrel gun from a guard, Sanjay Kumar at Gokul garden on the occasion of life consecration of Lord Ram in the temple of Ayodhya, U.P. The video of the said act went viral in the mobile phone of the informant.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26979 of 2024(2) dt.10-04-2024 2/2

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case on secret information. It is further submitted that the said gun was a licensee gun of Sanjay Kumar. No incriminating material was recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. No one sustained fire arm injury. The petition has no intention with regard to any dangerous act. The petitioner has one more criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the anticipatory bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation against the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Bhagalpur in connection with Kotwali (Jogsar) P.S. Case No. 161 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) guddukr/- U T