Govindar Mandal @ Govendra Mandal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.58025 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-158 Year-2025 Thana- NAANPUR District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== 1.
Govindar Mandal @ Govendra Mandal Son of Asaisar Mandal R/o VillageSauriya Bari (Suklu Tol) Ward No 1 Ps- Nanpur Bokhra Dist- sitamarhi 2.
Raj Kumar Mandal son of Govindar Mandal @ Govendra Mandal R/o Village- Sauriya Bari (Suklu Tol) Ward No 1 Ps- Nanpur Bokhra Distsitamarhi ... ... Petitioner/s
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The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Baidyanath Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Uday Kumar, Mr. Rahul Kumar, Advocates ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 04-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 75, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Section 103(1) BNS was added later on.
3. As per prosecution case, on 14.03.2025 at about 7 PM, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including these petitioners assaulted the son of informant with iron rod, bricks and stones as a result of which he died during course of treatment.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that as per F.I.R., 14 named accused persons, including these
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.58025 of 2025(3) dt.04-11-2025 2/2 petitioners, assaulted the son of informant but as per postmortem report, only injury was found on the person of deceased which itself falsifies the prosecution story. He further submits that during course of investigation it has come that specific accusation of assault is against co-accused Bechan Mandal. Petitioners claim clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sitamarhi in connection with Nanpur (Bokhra) P. S. Case No. 158 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T