Pappu Kumar @ Pappu Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45292 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-150 Year-2023 Thana- BIBHUTIPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== PAPPU KUMAR @ PAPPU PASWAN S/O JAGESVAR PASWAN R/O VILLAGE- JOGIYA, MANAROY TOL NARHAN, PS- BIBHUTIPUR, DISTRICT- SAMASTIPUR ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Anurag Rishu, Advocate Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Advocate For the State :
Dr. Mrityunjaya Kr. Gautam, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 06-08-2025 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 384, 385 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, allegation against this petitioner is of demand of extortion from the shop keepers and creating panic in the public by waiving pistol in his hand along with other accused persons, named in the F.I.R..
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the F.I.R..
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45292 of 2025(2) dt.06-08-2025 2/3 Name of petitioner transpired in this case during course of investigation, on the basis of confessional statement of coaccused Santosh Kumar. It is further submitted that similarly situation co-accused person, namely Koushal Kumar Mahto, has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 13.09.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 57252 of 2024. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation, claim based on parity and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.-I, Rosera, DistrictSamastipur in connection with Bibhutipur P.S. Case No. 150 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45292 of 2025(2) dt.06-08-2025 3/3 the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T