Uttam Paswan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.74540 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-39 Year-2025 Thana- Bajitpur District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

Uttam Paswan S/O Ram Paswan Resident of Village- Mau Behat, Police Station- Wajitpur, District- Darbhanga 2.

Moti Paswan S/O Ram Paswan Resident of Village- Mau Behat, Police Station- Wajitpur, District- Darbhanga 3.

Hira Paswan S/O Ram Paswan Resident of Village- Mau Behat, Police Station- Wajitpur, District- Darbhanga 4.

Kari Paswan S/O Ram Paswan Resident of Village- Mau Behat, Police Station- Wajitpur, District- Darbhanga 5.

Chandan Paswan S/O Moti Paswan Resident of Village- Mau Behat, Police Station- Wajitpur, District- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bharat Bhushan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 19-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 303(2), 352, 351(2), 74, 75 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submits that petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the offences, for which the instant FIR was instituted, carries punishment of seven years and less, as such, notice under Section 35(3) B.N.S.S. was given to the petitioners. It is next submitted that petitioners during the course of investigation co-operated in the investigation and the police never felt the need

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.74540 of 2025(2) dt.19-11-2025 2/2 of arresting the petitioners but then charge sheet came to be submitted based on which cognizance was taken, hence, petitioners apprehend their arrest. It is also submitted that no useful purpose would be served by sending the petitioners to jail when police during the course of investigation never felt the need of arresting the petitioners and petitioners co-operated in the investigation.

4. The leaned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, let petitioners, above-named, in the event of their 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) 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 Wajitpur P.S. Case No.39 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T