Shankar Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25900 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-395 Year-2022 Thana- RAJAON District- Banka ====================================================== 1.
Shankar Paswan S/o- Late Jaldhar Paswan Resident of Karsani P.S- Rajoun Kathwan Dist- Banka 2.
Mithun Kumar @ Mithun Paswan S/o- Devo Paswan @ Devendra Paswan Resident of Karsani P.S- Rajoun Kathwan Dist- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ram Hriday Prasad, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Anuj Kumar Shrivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 24-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a connection with Rajoun P.S. Case No. 395 of 2022 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 307, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC.
3. As per the prosecution case, while working near a water tank, the informant and his wife were abused and assaulted with weapons by the all the FIR named accused persons, including these petitioners. It is further alleged that the petitioner no. 2 snatched golden chain from the neck of the informant's wife.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners, at the outset,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25900 of 2026(2) dt.24-04-2026 2/3 submits that as many as 11 persons have been made accused in the first information report including the present petitioners and there are general and omnibus allegation of assault on all the accused persons. The specific allegation against the petitioner no. 2 pertains only to snatching of the chain, which is an ornamental allegation. It is further submitted that there is a counter case filed on the side of the petitioners making allegations on the informant and others. Further, the injury reports (Annexure-3 series) indicates that the injuries suffered by the injured persons are all in the nature of abrasions and lacerations and that too, mostly on the non-vital parts of the body. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the general and omnibus nature of allegation coupled with the fact that injuries are simple in nature, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25900 of 2026(2) dt.24-04-2026 3/3 of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Rajoun P.S. Case No. 395 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) priyanka/- U T