Shankar Thakur v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36413 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-399 Year-2023 Thana- GOPALPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Shankar Thakur S/O Late Baldeo Thakur R/O- Ramdhanipur Kanaujia Tola, P.S- Gopalpur, District- Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Nageshwar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Raj Ballabh Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 307, 406, 504, 506 and 34 of the IPC.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 25-6-2023 at about 5 p.m., petitioner called him for returning Rs. 20 lakhs, which was due on him, but when informant reached the place of occurrence and demanded his money back, the petitioner assaulted him by an iron rod causing injury on him and Abhishek snatched his golden chain, further Rahul took out Rs. 5,520/- from his pocket.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36413 of 2025(5) dt.24-09-2025 2/3 4.

The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that the date of occurrence is 25-6-2023 and the FIR was instituted on 28-62023, i.e., after a delay of three days without any plausible explanation. It is further submitted that from perusal of the injury report, it would manifest that the same records -- no obvious boney or calvary fractures seen. It is also submitted that it absolutely does not stand to reason that as to why the petitioner would have called and thereafter would have assaulted the informant.

5.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and also taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36413 of 2025(5) dt.24-09-2025 3/3 Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 399 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T