Purushotam Kumar @ Purushotam Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68999 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-154 Year-2022 Thana- KUNDWACHAINPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Purushotam Kumar @ Purushotam Kumar Singh Son of Ramanand Singh @ Raman Singh Resident of Village - Kundwa Chainpur, P.S.- Kundwa Chainpur, Dist.- East Champaran, Bihar, Pin - 845304. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Satish Pandey, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The accused/petitioner apprehending his arrest in connection with Kundwa Chainpur P.S. Case No. 154 of 2022 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 302, 120(B), 34 of the Indian penal Code and Section 27 of Arms Act.
3. As per prosecution case, the informant has alleged that his brother, namely, Suresh Singh @ Mastan ji, who was Mahanth in a local Hanuman temple and as some local persons suspected that he wants to capture the land of the Math/Mandir, petitioner alongwith other named co-accused persons committed murder of brother of the informant by causing firearm injuries.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68999 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/3
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner was not named with FIR and during course of investigation his name was transpired out of local enmities. It is submitted that police after investigation submitted closure report qua petitioner which was also accepted by learned Jurisdiction Magistrate but subsequently considering the nature of testimony of other prosecution witnesses during the trial, which appears very much general and omnibus in nature, this petitioner was summoned under Section 319 of Cr.P.C., having apprehension that he might be sent to jail upon surrender. It is submitted that considering aforesaid aspect, similarly situated co-accused, namely, Vijay Kumar Singh was also granted anticipatory bail by one of the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 38084 of 2025 dated 04.07.2025 and, as such, this petitioner as a matter of judicial parity, deserves bail.
5. Learned APP while opposing the prayer of bail could not disputed the aforesaid factual submission.
6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as petitioner was not named in
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.68999 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 3/3 FIR, where the police after investigation submitted closure report qua petitioner, accordingly, above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court, within a period of four weeks of the order, is directed to be released on bail furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional District and Sessions Judge-20, Civil Court, Motihari/concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Kundwa Chainpur P.S. Case No. 154 of 2022 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) veena/- U T