Shankar Khan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.48915 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-28 Year-2025 Thana- BANGAWON District- Saharsa ====================================================== 1 .
Shankar Khan S/O Late Bhagwat Khan RESIDENT OF VILLAGEBANGAON SOUTH WARD NO. 17, P.S.- BANGAON, DIST.- SAHARSA 2.
Panna Devi @ Punam Devi W/O Shankar Khan RESIDENT OF VILLAGEBANGAON SOUTH WARD NO. 17, P.S.- BANGAON, DIST.- SAHARSA ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State Of Bihar PATNA ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chandra Mohan Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 31-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State .
2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 316 ( 2 ), 338 , 336 (3) , 340 ( 2 ) and 61 ( 2 ) of of the BNS. 3 . As per F.I.R., informant namely Shagun devi alleged that petitioner No. 1 agreed to purchase land of informant for Rs. 78,000/- and then when they went to execute the land, then petitioner No. 1 along with co-accused Sushil Lal das executed the land fraudulently in favour of petitioner No. 2 Poonam devi and even prepared wrong Kewala for the land
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48915 of 2025(2) dt.31-07-2025 2/3 which does not belong to informant. It is further alleged that the land in question was fraudulently valued for Rs. 4,40,000/- however, petitioner gave only Rs. 78,000/- to informant.
4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that from bare perusal of F.I.R. it is apparent that informant and her son went to registry office Saharsa for executing the aforesaid land in favour of petitioner No. 2 and informant as well as her son were fully aware of the aforesaid execution of the land in question for which son of informant signed on sale deed on 13.02.2025 as witness after due verification of sale deed i. e ,. Annexure - 2 to the bail petition . Moreover, the dispute involved in this case is purely civil in nature . 5 . Learned counsel for the State oppose the bail petition .
6 Considering the aforesaid facts and other circumstances of the case , in the event of arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM 1st Saharsa in connection with Bangaon P.S. Case No. 28 of 2025 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.48915 of 2025(2) dt.31-07-2025 3/3 Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS) , 2023 . (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T