Sonu Giri v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.40393 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-82 Year-2025 Thana- GORIAKOTHI District- Siwan ====================================================== Sonu Giri S/o Suresh Giri R/o Village- Shambhu Sareya Mathiya, P.S.- Goreakothi, District- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Pranav Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH ORAL ORDER 15-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Goreya Kothi P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 for the offence under Sections 324(4) and 329(3) of the BNS and Section 27 of Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant has alleged that on 09.03.2025, at about 09:50 PM when she along with her family members were going to sleep after having their dinner, she heard sound of firing of bullets. When she opened the window of her house, she saw Sonu Giri (petitioner) and Bittu Giri were firing bullets on the back of her car. Thereafter, she informed the neighbours regarding this incident. After seeing the gathering of local people, both accused persons fled away.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is quite innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the instant case. As a matter of fact, the informant is own maternal aunt of the petitioner and reason of false implication of the petitioner is that the petitioner always used to protest in selling of ganja by the informant and her son in village, due to which the informant had threatened earlier to the petitioner that if he would not remain silent, he would have face dire consequences and the informant herself planted this occurrence implicating the petitioner in false case.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, this Court is inclined to extend him the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioner be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan, in connection with Goreya Kothi P.S. Case No. 82 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., as also with the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors should be close relative of the
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(ii) if the petitioner tampers with the evidence or threatens the witness, in that case, the prosecution will be at liberty to move for cancellation of bail.
(iii) In case, the petitioner repeats offence of similar nature after enlargement on bail, his bail bonds may be cancelled by the learned trial Court.
(S. B. Pd. Singh, J) Ankit Kumar/- U T