Raj Kumar Pandit v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31337 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-324 Year-2022 Thana- SAHARSA SADAR District- Saharsa ====================================================== RAJ KUMAR PANDIT S/O SURESH PANDIT R/O Village- Saraigarh, P.SBhaptiyahi, Distt.- Supaul (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State Of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Das For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mohammad Sufyan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 17-07-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 307 and 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code pending in the learned court below.
3. As per the prosecution case, there is allegation against the petitioner that he has fired upon the injured person, namely, Md. Zabbar.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that the petitioner had never visited the place of occurrence. He submits that the injury found upon the victim is simple in nature. He further submits that petitioner is a
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31337 of 2023(2) dt.17-07-2023 2/2 student residing in Saharsa, where the informant had tried to make undue relation with him but without any effect and the allegation made in the F.I.R. that the informant had started living with the petitioner as husband and wife is false and far from truth. He further submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as stated in para-3 of the bail application.
5. Per contra, learned APP for the State vehemently opposing the bail application and submits that the petitioner has fired upon the deceased person. Hence, he does not deserve anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the nature of the offence, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail in connection with Saharsa Sadar P.S. Case No. 324/2022. Accordingly, his prayer for anticipatory bail is hereby rejected.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) ajay/- U T