Dewa Ram @ Dewanandan Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.43454 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-910 Year-2025 Thana- GARKHA District- Saran ====================================================== 1.
Dewa Ram @ Dewanandan Ram S/O Dinanath Ram @ Dina Ram R/O Village- Banwari Basant, P.S.- Garkha, Distt.- Saran. 2.
Jaiki Kumar @ Jaiki Kumar Ram S/O Dinanath Ram @ Dina Ram R/O Village- Banwari Basant, P.S.- Garkha, Distt.- Saran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shambhawi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 14-07-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioners apprehending their arrest in connection with Garkha P.S. Case No. 910 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 118(2), 352, 109, 74, 303(2), 351(3), 3(5) of the BNS and 341, 323, 325, 326, 504, 307, 354, 379, 506, 34 of the IPC.
3. The allegation in the FIR is that accused persons named in the FIR with a pre-planned conspiracy, came to the door of informant and abused the informant and her family members. It is further contended in the FIR that Dewa Ram
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43454 of 2026(2) dt.14-07-2026 2/3 having Katta and Jaiki Ram having rod assaulted on her head and Urmila Devi was also assaulted on head and while saving her she sustained injury in the right arm.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the parties are neighbours and that the occurrence arose out of a trivial dispute relating to the throwing of waste water, during which a minor scuffle took place. It is contended that the present FIR is an exaggerated version of the occurrence. Learned counsel further submits that the injuries sustained by the members of the informant's side have been opined to be simple in nature and injury report is at Annexure P/4. It is also submitted that the petitioners have two criminal antecedents.
5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of bail.
6. Having considered the rival submissions and taking into account the nature of the injuries sustained by the informant's side, which have been opined to be simple in nature, as also the genesis of the occurrence, which appears to have arisen out of a trivial neighbourhood dispute, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Accordingly, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of four weeks from the date of this order, the petitioners shall be released on anticipatory
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.43454 of 2026(2) dt.14-07-2026 3/3 bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court concerned in connection with Garkha P.S. Case No. 910 of 2025, subject to the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) rishabh/- U T