Shailesh Paswan @ Shalesh Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72502 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2025 Thana- HASPURA District- Aurangabad ====================================================== 1.
Shailesh Paswan @ Shalesh Paswan S/o Sri Lakshman Paswan R/o vill - Chanhat, P.s.- Haspura, Distt.- Aurangabad 2.
Lakshman Paswan S/o Late Mahavir Paswan R/o vill - Chanhat, P.s.- Haspura, Distt.- Aurangabad 3.
Rita Devi W/o Sri Lakshman Paswan R/o vill - Chanhat, P.s.- Haspura, Distt.- Aurangabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms. Vaishnavi Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Pushpa Sinha.1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109(1), 103(1), 76 and 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner nos. 1 and 2 have antecedent of one case and petitioner no. 3 is a person with clean antecedent and is a woman and the informant alleges that she had gone to attend
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72502 of 2025(2) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 nature's call, when Randhir and Ranjan came and started acting inappropriately with her, on alarm, father-in-law and cousin father-in-law of the informant came, when accused persons fled, further her father-in-law, Ramshakal, went to the house of the accused along with some people when Randhir assaulted him by sword causing injury on head, further Ranjan assaulted Chandradeep with lathi, danda and sword causing injury, thereafter the accused Vikash also assaulted Chandradeep and Suresh by lathi, danda and sword, further police was informed and the injured were taken to hospital but Chandradeep died.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is further submitted that the FIR was instituted against 33 named accused persons including the petitioners along with unknown. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation is alleged against the petitioners rather allegation of assaulting Chandradeep is against Ranjan and Vikash, who died subsequently. It is further submitted that petitioners will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove their innocence.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72502 of 2025(2) dt.11-02-2026 3/3 counsel appearing on behalf of the informant opposes the anticipatory bail application of the petitioners, but then the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant is not in a position to rebut the submission of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that no specific allegation of assault is alleged against the petitioners and that specific allegation of assaulting Chandradeep leading to his death is against Ranjan and Vikash.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each 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 Haspura P.S. Case No. 77 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T