Lalan Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69599 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-93 Year-2024 Thana- DARPA District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.
Lalan Singh S/O Late Raghu Singh 2.
Amit Kumar @ Amit Singh S/O Lalan Singh 3.
Sunil Singh S/O Lalan Singh 4.
Ranjeet Kumar @ Ranjeet Singh S/O Lalan Singh 5.
Sanjeev Kumar S/O Lalan Singh All are Resident of Village- Bakhtaura, P.S.- Dapra, District- East Champaran.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Pramod Kumar Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms.Nirmala Kumari, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 20-02-2026 Heard Mr. Pramod Kumar Prasad, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Ms.Nirmala Kumari, learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Dapra P.S. Case No. 93 of 2024 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 341,323,354,379,307,504,506,34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the accused persons named therein including the petitioners with an intention to kill have brutally assaulted the informant, his brother and son, causing injury to them.
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4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. There is case and counter case between the parties arising out of same incidence and due to land dispute, an altercation took place and both the sides entered into fierce fight and in the self-defence, petitioners may have caused some injury on the persons of the informant and his family members without intention but the injury sustained by the injured persons is simple in nature, as per the opinion of the doctor.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.
6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the FIR and also the fact that there is case and counter case between the parties and due to land dispute, an altercation took place and both the sides entered into fierce fight and in the selfdefence, petitioners may have caused some injury on the persons of the informant and his family members without intention but the injuries sustained by the informant, his brother and son are simple in nature, as per the opinion of the doctor, I am of the opinion that petitioners have, prima facie, made out
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7. The petitioners, above named, are directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned JMFC, Raxaul at Motihari / Concerned Court in connection with Dapra P.S. Case No. 93 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and if it is found that the petitioners are involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force. (Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T