Karantu Kumar @ Jitendra Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38404 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-224 Year-2025 Thana- BODHGAYA District- Gaya ====================================================== Karantu Kumar @ Jitendra Kumar S/o Hiraman Yadav R/o Village- Teeka Bigha, P.S.- Bodhgaya, Dist.- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 12-06-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case no.224 of 2025 registered under sections 109, 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 326(g) and 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that the accused persons including the petitioner herein came to the sand ghat and demanded sand free of cost from the contractor. Thereafter, it is stated that an altercation took place wherein Rs.50,000/- was snatched and the petitioner assaulted Kapil Kumar with an iron rod on the head.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case. The protest was by the so called accused persons for reasons other than

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.38404 of 2025(2) dt.12-06-2025 2/2 what has been narrated in the F.I.R. and it is for this reason that as many as 13 named persons including the petitioner herein besides 25-30 other accused persons have been made accused. In any case of the matter, the injury on Kapil Kumar has been found to be simple in nature. The petitioner is in custody since 16.4.2025 and has no criminal antecedent.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the nature of allegation against the petitioner in the F.I.R., the material that has transpired in course of investigation, his being in custody since 16.4.2025, the injury having been found to be simple in nature and especially the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, the petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail in connection with Bodhgaya P.S. Case no.224 of 2025, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gaya.

(Partha Sarthy, J) avinash/- U T