Ayodhya Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.72764 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-120 Year-2014 Thana- KARAHGAR District- Rohtas ====================================================== 1 .

Ayodhya Singh S/o Late Shive Pujan Singh Resident of village- Akorhi, PSKarghar, District- Rohtas 2.

Krishna Singh S/o Rajgirhi Singh Resident of village- Akorhi, PS- Karghar, District- Rohtas 3 .

Surya Prakash Singh S/o Kamlesh Singh Resident of village- Akorhi, PSKarghar, District- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Saurav Barial , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Rajendra Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State .

2. Petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 341, 342, 323, 324, 307, 302, 427, 436, 120B of the Indian Penal Code . 3 . As per F.I.R., informant alleges that his grandson namely Sant Kumar, Om Prakash and Kush Kumar on 15.05.2014 were sleeping in his Baithka (drawing room) while his nephew Ram Daras Ram was sleeping near his house. Further, at 2.30 A.M. on 16.05.2014, an accused woke up Ram Daras and brought him at his Baithka thereafter the said accused

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72764 of 2025(3) dt.17-11-2025 2/3 along with unknown assaulted his grandson by knife causing injury to son, Om Prakash, Ram Daras and Sonu, thereafter the accused put the Baithka on fire causing loss of articles worth Rs.52,000/-. Further, the injured were brought to the PHC where the doctor declared Sant dead and rest of the injured were referred to higher centre for better treatment thus alleges that unknown criminals committed the occurrence .

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner does not transpire during course of investigation . Police after thorough investigation , submitted chargesheet against other coaccused persons and thereafter, learned Court below took cognizance . During course of trial, the name of petitioners surfaced based on which notice under Section 319 Cr. P . C . was issued but the same was never received by petitioners. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted bail vide order dated 12.11.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 72443 of 2025 .

5 . Learned counsel for the State oppose the bail petition .

6 Considering the aforesaid facts, material available on record and other circumstances of the case , in the event of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.72764 of 2025(3) dt.17-11-2025 3/3 arrest or surrender within eight weeks from today, let the petitioners, as named above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District & Additional Sessions Judge - II Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Kargahar P.S. Case No. 120 of 2014 , subject to the conditions laid down under section 482 ( 2 ) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS) , 2023 .

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/- U T