Dinesh Mandal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26948 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-393 Year-2024 Thana- HALSI District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== 1.
Dinesh Mandal S/o Jageshwar Mandal R/o Vill.- Dira, P.S.- Halsi, Distt.- Lakhisarai 2.
Vijay Mandal S/o Jageshwar Mandal R/o Vill.- Dira, P.S.- Halsi, Distt.- Lakhisarai 3.
Ajay Mandal S/o Jageshwar Mandal R/o Vill.- Dira, P.S.- Halsi, Distt.- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Ram Sumiran Rai, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-05-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per prosecution case, informant, namely Murari Singh, alleged that on 27.12.2024 at about 3 PM, while he was on his way with his nephew, in the meantime, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners, dragged nephew of informant in field and Petitioner No. 1 fired upon informant with his rifle. It is further alleged that while fleeing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26948 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 2/3 away, all of them made indiscriminate firing.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. The present F.I.R. has been lodged only with a view to save their skin from Halsi P.S. Case No. 372 of 2024 which was lodged, earlier in point of time, by Petitioner No. 1 against informant's family. It is further submitted that though there is allegation of firing but no one has sustained any fire arm injuries. Petitioners claim clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
6. Considering the nature of accusation, fact that no one has sustained any fire arm injuries, case and counter-case between the parties and clean antecedents of the petitioners, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioners is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioners be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Lakhisarai in connection with Halsi P.S. Case No. 393 of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26948 of 2025(2) dt.06-05-2025 3/3 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T