Md. Zafar @ Arif v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31742 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-802 Year-2024 Thana- GOPALGANJ TOWN DistrictGopalganj ====================================================== Md. Zafar @ Arif S/O Abdul Manan @ Manan R/O Village- Semra, P.SNagar Gopalganj, Distt.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Lokesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Rajendra Singh, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Shiv Sager Sharma, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-06-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Informant.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 74 and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and later on, Section 103(2) of the B.N.S. was added.
3. As per prosecution case, this petitioner, along with other accused persons named in the F.I.R., assaulted informant and others by means of knife and iron rod due to which they sustained injuries and one of the injured succumbed to the injuries during course of treatment.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31742 of 2025(3) dt.24-06-2025 2/2 behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that he, along with other accused persons named in the F.I.R., assaulted informant and others due to which one of the injured succumbed to the injuries. Petitioner has got one criminal antecedent.
6. Considering the specific and direct nature of accusation and criminal antecedent of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T