Mriganj Singh @ Mrigendra Singh @ Mrigendra Kr. Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48190 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-130 Year-2022 Thana- ASARGANJ District- Munger ====================================================== MRIGANJ SINGH @ MRIGENDRA SINGH @ MRIGENDRA KR. SINGH SON OF LATE SHRIKANT SINGH RESIDENT OF VILLAGE RAGHUCHAK, POLICE STATION SULTANGANJ, DISTRICT BHAGALPUR ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

THE STATE OF BIHAR ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ajay Mukherjee, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-08-2023 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 307, 302 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, on 11.08.2022 at about 4.00 PM the informant was cutting grass in the field situated at Madhodih Bahiyar. The husband of the informant reached there to watch the field and saw that accused Ranjeet Singh and Sanjay Singh got the cattle's grazed in his field. It is alleged that when the informant tried to flee the cattles from his field whereupon altogether 25 persons armed with weapons came

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48190 of 2023(3) dt.30-08-2023 2/3 there and started assaulting the husband of the informant due to which he sustained injuries and fell down. Thereafter, accused persons took the husband of the informant to his village by dragging him. The informant came to her house and after some time she came to know that her husband was killed by gun shot injury.

4. It is submitted that allegation of assault is general and omnibus. No specific overt act is alleged against the petitioner. Informant is not an eye witness of the alleged occurrence . It is further submitted that counter case was also register on the same day of occurrence for the murder of son of co-accused Ranjeet singh against the brother of deceased Pankaj Sah. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already granted bail by this Court vide order dated 21.07.2023 in Cr. Misc. No. 33106 of 2023 . Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5 . Learned counsel for the State opposes the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for bail of the petitioner is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within six weeks from today, let the petitioner, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48190 of 2023(3) dt.30-08-2023 3/3 each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Munger, in connection with Asarganj P.S. Case No. 130 of 2022, subject to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Kaushik/- U T