Aaditya Das @ Aditya Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41602 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-471 Year-2023 Thana- MOTIHARI MUFASIL District- East Champaran ====================================================== Aaditya Das @ Aditya Kumar S/o Lakhan Das R/o Village- Dharmuhan, P.S.- Muffasil, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Abhishek Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Umesh Lal Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 22-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 471 of 2023 dated 03.07.2023 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 333, 353, 341, 427, 504, 506 of the I.P.C. and Sections 3⁄4 of the Damage to Public Property Act.
3. As per the prosecution case, 40-45 unknown miscreants are alleged to have blocked the main road and they were burning tires on the road and causing damage to the public vehicles. The informant tried to pacify the situation but the accused persons started raising slogans against the police party. In the meantime, the accused persons holding lathi, danda,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41602 of 2025(2) dt.22-08-2025 2/3 bricks and stones, attacked the police party, due to which, they sustained injury. It is further alleged that the accused persons caused hindrance in discharge of official duty of the informant and the other police officials. It is further alleged that police apprehended five persons, namely, Uday Kumar Yadav, Ramu Kumar, Aakash Kumar, Pawan Kumar and Rajesh Kumar and they disclosed the name of the petitioner and the others as the fleeing persons from the place of occurrence. They further disclosed that 15-20 miscreants also fled away from the place of occurrence but they could not be identified.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. It is further submitted that the petitioner was not arrested on the spot and his name has surfaced in the present case on the basis of the confessional statement of the apprehended co-accused persons which has got no evidentiary value in the eyes of law. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the injured Manoj Kumar Singh and Manish Kumar received injuries which are simple in nature. The petitioner has no concern with the alleged offence. It is further submitted that the other co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.41602 of 2025(2) dt.22-08-2025 3/3 Court in Cr. Misc. No. 32990/2025 vide order dated 18.07.2025. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Muffasil P.S. Case No. 471 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T