Rupesh Mandal @ Pultu Mandal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55442 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-587 Year-2024 Thana- RAJAON District- Banka ====================================================== Rupesh Mandal @ Pultu Mandal S/o- Late Prasadi Mandal Resident of Village- Singhnan PS-Rajoun District- Banka ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brij Nandan Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Binod Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PARTHA SARTHY ORAL ORDER 29-08-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. The petitioner in this application prays for bail apprehending his arrest in connection with Rajoun P.S. Case no.587 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under sections 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 352, 351(2), 109, 74 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that the accused persons including the petitioner herein came variously armed and the petitioner is said to have given a khanti blow on the head of the informant leading to serious injuries.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case because of land dispute between the parties. It is submitted that besides the injuries having been found to be simple in nature, the same does

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55442 of 2025(2) dt.29-08-2025 2/2 not support the prosecution case in so far as the nature of weapon from which the alleged injuries have been caused is opined to be hard and blunt object. There is an inordinate delay of ten days in lodging of the FIR. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the allegation against the petitioner in the FIR, the nature of injury in the injury report having been found to be simple in nature, the submissions made by learned counsel for the petitioner including the delay of ten days in lodging of the FIR together with the petitioner not having any criminal antecedent, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Rajoun P.S. Case no.587 of 2024 on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Banka. (Partha Sarthy, J) Saurabh/- U T