Chandramani Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26930 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-44 Year-2016 Thana- LAKHISARAI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Chandramani Singh S/O Sri Ram Singh @ Sri Singh R/O Village- Sisma, P.SRamgarh Chowk, Distt.- Lakhisarai. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Mayank Bilochan, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-05-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 326, 307 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, there was a fight between children of both the parties and thereafter, it is alleged that this petitioner, along with other accused persons, assaulted informant's daughter due to which she sustained injury upon her right eye and lost her eye sight.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, son of this petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26930 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 2/3 and daughter of informant were playing in the school campus and during the same, daughter of informant sustained injuries, which was accidental in nature. Police after investigation, submitted final form and has not sent up this petitioner for trial, however, differing with the same, the learned trial court has taken cognizance. It is further submitted that for an occurrence which allegedly took place on 23.12.2015, the present F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of 6 days i.e. on 29.12.2015 and there is no plausible explanation for the same. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the nature of accusation, delay in lodging of the F.I.R. and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Lakhisarai in connection with Lakhisarai (Ramgarh-Chowk)
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26930 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 3/3 P.S. Case No. 44 of 2016, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T