Jawahar Rai v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42227 of 2022 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-537 Year-2021 Thana- MANER District- Patna ====================================================== JAWAHAR RAI S/o Shivnath Rai R/o village- Chakiya Tola, Sherpur, P.S.- Maner, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umanath Mishra, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 12-12-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 354, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The informant alleges that on 25.07.2021, four named accused, including the petitioner, came to his house and started pelting stones and assaulted him with a sharp edged weapon on account of which he sustained cut injury on his head and left hand, further, co-accused Lalbahadur Rai and petitioner even molested and abused a women of the informant's family, it is next alleged that on the date of occurrence, petitioner, in an intoxicated condition, entered into the house and started misbehaving with female house members but on alarm, the informant along with other villagers gathered at the place of occurrence when the accused fled.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42227 of 2022(3) dt.12-12-2022 2/2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has antecedent of one case. Learned counsel next submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case, it is next submitted that the allegations does not inspire confidence for the reason that the same appears to be general and omnibus in nature, it is also submitted that on the date of occurrence, it is alleged that on alarm the petitioner fled, as such, nothing happened, it is also submitted that the injuries suffered by the injured is simple in nature. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, 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. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty 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 Maner P.S. Case No. 537 of 2021 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) HarshPandey/- U T