Pintu Ram v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57457 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2023 Thana- DARBHANGA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.
PINTU RAM Son of Hari Shankar Ram R/o vill - Jethiyahi, P.s. - Town, Distt. - Darbhanga 2.
Rinku Ram @ Rinku Kumar Ram Son of Hari Shankar Ram R/o vill - Jethiyahi, P.s. - Town, Distt. - Darbhanga 3.
Kush Kumar Son of Ugan Ram R/o vill - Jethiyahi, P.s. - Town, Distt. - Darbhanga 4.
Umesh Ram Son of Late Vishwanath Ram @ Vishwanath Ram R/o vill - Jethiyahi, P.S. - Town, Distt. - Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Girish Chandra Jha, Advocate.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs.Asha Devi, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 30-08-2023 Heard Mr. Girish Chandra Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mrs. Asha Devi, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 178 of 2023 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 380, 308, 504 and 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the F.I.R., the petitioners along with other accused persons had demanded a ransom of Rs.5 lacs from the informant and on refusal they
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57457 of 2023(2) dt.30-08-2023 2/3 assaulted the informant with lethal weapon. Injury sustained by the informant has been caused by hard and blunt substance and the same is described in the impugned order.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are innocent. The allegation against the petitioners is false and misleading. They have been implicated in the case due to enmity. No such incidence has taken place. The injury sustained by the informant is simple in nature and not on the vital part of the body.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail and submits that the informant has sustained injury at the scalp, though injury is simple in nature, the petitioners don't deserved to be released on bail.
6. Considering the nature of allegation as well as the fact that due to enmity petitioners have been dragged in the present case because the petitioners had made a complaint with respect to appointment of the informant on the basis of forged certificate, the petitioners, above named, are directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57457 of 2023(2) dt.30-08-2023 3/3 satisfaction of learned C.J.M, Darbhanga in connection with Town P.S. Case No. 178 of 2023, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Purnendu Singh, J) mantreshwar/- U T