Bhopal Singh @ Bhupal Prasad Singh @ Bhopal Prasad Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Criminal Miscellaneous No.52818 of 2015 Arising Out of PS.Case No. -57 Year- 2015 Thana -SAHKUND District- BHAGALPUR ====================================================== Bhopal Singh @ Bhupal Prasad Singh @ Bhopal Prasad Singh, son of Late Lakhhi Prasad Singh, resident of vilage- Bhulni, P.S.- Sajour, DistrictBhagalpur. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Indeshwari Prasad Mandal For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Murlidhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIRENDRA PRASAD VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-02-2016 Heard.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a criminal prosecution registered under Sections 307, 353, 379 and some other allied offences under the Indian Penal Code. Taking into consideration the fact that the petitioner is specifically named in the F.I.R vide Annexure-1 as an accused and he is alleged to have assaulted a government officer while discharging his official duty and further taking into consideration the fact that he is accused in at least two more cases apart from the present one, this Court is not inclined to accede to the prayer made on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail in connection with Sahkund (Sajour) P.S.Case No. 57 of 2015 pending in the Court of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur, is hereby rejected.

However, if the petitioner surrenders in the court below within a period of four weeks from today and applies for regular bail, then the same shall be considered and decided on its own

Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.52818 of 2015 (3) dt.12-02-2016 2/2 merit without being prejudiced by the present order. (Birendra Prasad Verma, J) BTiwary/- U T