Aarju Khan @ Md. Aarju Khan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56683 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-151 Year-2024 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Aarju Khan @ Md. Aarju Khan S/o Late Shamsher Khan R/o Village - Kuinbar, P.S - Imamganj, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rashid Izhar, Mr. Ibrahim Quli Mr. Adil Abbas For the State :
Mr. Rajiv Nayan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 29-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 324, 307, 354, 379, 452, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The case of the prosecution is that the accused persons including the present petitioner came variously armed and barged into the house of the informant and indulged in abuses and assault and accused Pappu Khan assaulted by means of Tangi on the head of the son of the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be apparent from the first information report itself that the specific allegation of assault upon the son of the informant is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56683 of 2025(2) dt.29-08-2025 2/3 upon Pappu Khan who was taken into custody and subsequently granted bail. So far as the petitioner is concerned, the allegation against him is confined to the fact that he behaved in an indecent manner with the informant who is a lady and took out a golden chain which is nothing but an ornamental allegation. It is next submitted that there is virtually no allegation of any assault upon the present petitioner and there is a case and counter case between the parties as a case has been filed by the petitioner's wife. The entire dispute is with regard to a sale agreement and the allegation of outraging the modesty and theft etc. has only been added in order to implicate the petitioner.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that there is no specific allegation of assault upon the petitioner, let the above named petitioner, who has no criminal antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on bail 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 court below where the case is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56683 of 2025(2) dt.29-08-2025 3/3 pending/successor court in connection with Imamganj P.S. Case No. 151 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. (Soni Shrivastava, J) devendra/- U T