Sant Lal Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58116 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-185 Year-2021 Thana- NAUTAN District- Siwan ====================================================== Sant Lal Kumar Singh S/O Jagdish Singh Resident of Village- Sumerpur, P.S.- Mairawa, Distt.- Siwan.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

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

Mr.Rabindra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The accused-petitioner, not named in the F.I.R., is apprehending his arrest in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 185 of 2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per FIR, named co-accused persons alongwith some unknown committed the murder of one Sikandar Yadav.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that informant is not an eye witness of the occurrence being police officer and he gathered

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58116 of 2025(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/3 information qua occurrence from other persons. It is pointed out that even as per FIR, the allegation of firing is specifically available against co-accused Pankaj Sahani, which proved fatal causing death of Sikandar Yadav.

5. It is submitted that during investigation, it transpires from supplementary case diary that this petitioner was falsely implicated with the present case out of previous enmity, who is a man of clean antecedent.

6. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

7. In view of the aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of the fact as petitioner was not named in the FIR, coupled with the fact that allegation of causing fatal fire-arm injury is specifically available against co-accused Pankaj Sahani, where during subsequent investigation, it transpires that this petitioner was implicated falsely out of previous enmity, accordingly, above-named petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of four weeks from this order, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing of bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand only) with two sureties of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58116 of 2025(2) dt.17-02-2026 3/3 the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Siwan/concerned court in connection with Nautan P.S. Case No. 185 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (in short "B.N.S.S."). (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Rajeev/- U T