Umesh Shah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69833 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-236 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Umesh Shah S/O Late Mahadev Sah Resident of Village- Bhojpurwa, P.SManjagarh, Distt.- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sudhanshu Prakash, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Madan Kumar, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 30-10-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 329(4), 115(2), 109, 303(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner along with other accused persons on 01.07.2025, at about 08:00 p.m., came to her house while she was cooking and petitioner assaulted her by an iron rod causing injury on her head and hand and when her father-in-law came to save her the other accused persons assaulted him causing injury on his head and even assaulted her brother-in-law and Putul Devi snatched gold Mangalsutra from her neck.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69833 of 2025(2) dt.30-10-2025 2/2 informant. It is further submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the informant and the petitioner are related to each other and are having land dispute. It is next submitted that on account of land dispute, an altercation had taken place in which both sides assaulted each other. It is also submitted that no doubt, petitioner is alleged to have assaulted the informant by rod causing injury on head and hand but then the injury caused on head is opined to be simple and the injury on hand is opined to be grievous but then the same is non-vital part of the body. It is next submitted that petitioner is not a criminal.

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

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Manjhagarh P.S. Case No. 236 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Kundan/- U T