Dev Nandan Paswan @ Debu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51292 of 2021 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-277 Year-2021 Thana- BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== DEV NANDAN PASWAN @ DEBU PASWAN Son of Prabhu Paswan Resident of village - Binodpur, P.S. - Muffasil (singhaul O.P.), District - Begusarai.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Arjun Prasad For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Anil Kumar Singh No. 1 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 08-02-2022 Heard learned counsel for the parties through virtual court proceedings.

Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Begusarai Muffassil P.S. Case No. 277 of 2021 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 379, 323, 307, 386, 387, 427 , 504 and 506 of the I.P.C. and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

As per the First Information Report altogether 12 named accused including the petitioner and 8-10 unknown persons stopped the vehicles belonging to the informant and assaulted the driver, snatched a sum of Rs. 25000/- from the driver and fired upon the driver and the informant. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51292 of 2021(2) dt.08-02-2022 2/3 petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case on the basis of concocted story inasmuch as the fact of the matter is that the informant is running brick kiln in the village and the vehicle of the informant being driven by the driver hit one minor girl of the village due to which the villagers stopped the vehicles, caught the driver and demanded compensation. He further submits that no overt-act has been alleged against the petitioner in the present case and the allegation against all the accused persons is general and omnibus in nature. Learned counsel next submits that petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he is in custody since 13 / 05 / 2021.

He next submits that similarly situated co-accused / Dilip Kumar Paswan @ Dilip Kumar and Dinesh Paswan have been granted bail by this court in Cr. Misc. No. 43693 / 2021 and Cr. Misc. No. 45189 / 2021 respectively.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51292 of 2021(2) dt.08-02-2022 3/3 have been granted bail by this court, I am inclined to grant regular bail to the petitioner.

Accordingly, let the petitioner, be released on regular bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Muffasil P.S. Case No. 277 of 2021. (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) praful/- U T