Sohan Sahani v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.67760 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-555 Year-2024 Thana- AHIYAPUR District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Sohan Sahani S/o Sita Ram Sahni R/O Vill.- Sahwajpur, P.S.- Ahiyapur, Dist.- Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Alok Kumar Alok, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Manohar Prasad Abhash, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 13-01-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, informant suspects that all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, on account of land dispute, killed the son of informant.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67760 of 2025(3) dt.13-01-2026 2/3 committed no offence. Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence. In the F.I.R., only suspicion has been raised against all the accused persons, including this petitioner, because of old land dispute. During course of investigation, none of the witnesses have claimed to have seen this petitioner committing the alleged offence. As a matter of fact, the deceased himself committed suicide. In the post mortem report, it has come that the deceased had consumed Suplhas.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and materils that have surfaced during course of investigation, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Muzaffarpur in connection with Ahiyapur P.S. Case No. 555 of 2024, subject to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.67760 of 2025(3) dt.13-01-2026 3/3 condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T