Surendra Paswan @ Baliram Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31936 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-553 Year-2025 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Surendra Paswan @ Baliram Kumar S/o Indradev Paswan @ Indrdev Paswan Resident of village - Mirpur, P.S.- Chiraiya , District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ajay Kumar Singh, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No.553 of 2025 under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 304(2), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 pending before the court of SDJM, Sikarahana at Dhaka, East Champaran.

3. As per the prosecution, the FIR has been lodged against two named and 8 unknown accused persons including the petitioner with allegation that the accused persons had assaulted the informant and snatched money and gold chain from his neck.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31936 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/2 dirty village politics. He further submits that no cogent material found against the petitioner. He further submits that only to harass the petitioner, the informant has dragged in the present case.

5. Learned Counsel also submits that antecedent of the petitioner is not clean and there are four criminal antecedent of the petitioner. He further submits that

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is direct allegation against the petitioner. He further submits the statement of witness examined during the investigation in different paragraphs of the case diary, there is direct allegation against the petitioner.

7. In the present facts and circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, therefore the bail application of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

8. However, trial court is directed to consider the regular bail application of the petitioner, if he surrenders within 6 weeks from today and prays for regular bail, then trial court shall pass order on merit without being prejudice of the present order preferably on the same day.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Prakashmani/- U T