Rajanikant @ Bablu Setter v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.36133 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-532 Year-2023 Thana- BIHAR District- Nalanda ====================================================== 1.
Rajanikant @ Bablu Setter S/o Chandra Shekhar Yadav RO village- Banauli, PS- Bihar, District- Nalanda 2.
Randhir Kumar s/o Chandra Shekhar Yadav RO village- Banauli, PS- Bihar, District- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Anirudh Kumar Sinha For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Parmanand Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in a case in connection with Bihar P.S. Case No. 532 of 2023 dated 12.06.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 307, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, on the informant's land, there was a hut which was demolished with the help of J.C.B. machine and when the informant protested, the petitioners and the co-accused Md. Shakil along with ten other anti-social elements started assaulting and abusing her.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36133 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2025 2/3 Thereafter, it is alleged that when the son of the informant came, the two other accused persons started firing on the informant and her son. However, the informant somehow managed to escape along with her son to save her life. Further, it is alleged that the co-accused Jitu and Mukesh opened fire on the instruction of the co-accused Md. Shakil and Bablu. It is also alleged that same can be verified from the C.C.T.V footage of the corporation.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. There is no specific allegation against the petitioners rather the specific allegation of firing is against the co-accused Jitu and Mukesh. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The petitioners have no concern with the alleged occurrence. The petitioners have no criminal antecedent as stated at para 3 of the bail petition. The co-accused person has already been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order dated 14.08.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 48539 of 2024.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.36133 of 2025(2) dt.02-07-2025 3/3 of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned, Nalanda, Bihar Sharif in connection with Bihar P.S. Case No. 532 of 2023, subject to conditions as laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T