Shankar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47651 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-93 Year-2021 Thana- AKBARNAGAR District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.

Shankar Singh S/o Shashikant Singh Resident of Village- English Chichroun, P.S- Akbarnagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur 2.

Rakesh Kumar Singh @ Kishan @ Rakesh Kumar S/o Shashikant Singh Resident of Village- English Chichroun, P.S- Akbarnagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur 3.

Bhola Singh @ Bhola Kumar Singh S/o Shashikant Singh Resident of Village- English Chichroun, P.S- Akbarnagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur 4.

Shashikant Singh S/o Late Baleshwar Singh Resident of Village- English Chichroun, P.S- Akbarnagar, Distt.- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ajit Maraiya For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Lakshmi Kant Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-07-2025 1.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 308, 354, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the I.P.C.

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the offences for which the instant FIR has been instituted carries punishment of seven years and less. It is next submitted that petitioners were given notice under Section 41A of the Cr.P.C. It is further submitted that petitioners cooperated in the investigation, as such the police never felt the need of arresting the petitioners. It is also submitted that after investigation

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47651 of 2025(2) dt.30-07-2025 2/2 charge-sheet has been submitted and cognizance taken, thus petitioners apprehend their arrest. Learned counsel next submits that police during the course of investigation never felt the need of arresting the petitioners, as such no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioners to jail based on an order of cognizance.

4.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

5.

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their 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. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Akbarnagar P.S. Case No. 93 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sumit/- U T