Chhoti Thakur @ Aprajita Kumari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.301 of 2023 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-95 Year-2020 Thana- KOTWALI District- Munger ====================================================== CHHOTI THAKUR @ APRAJITA KUMARI D/o Satish Thakur Resident of Mohalla- Mangal Bazar, P.S- Kotwali (Basudeopur O.p) Dist- Munger ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Raj Kumar Choudhary, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Shailendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 15-05-2023 Heard Mr. Raj Kumar Choudhary, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Shailendra Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kotwali PS (Basudeopur OP) Case No. 95/2020 dated 12.03.2020 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341/326A/307/34 of the IPC.

3. As per First Information Report, the allegation against the petitioner along with other nine accused persons, is of throwing acid upon the daughter and grand daughter of the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case along with other family members. He next submits that the main accused in this case is elder brother-in-law of the daughter of the informant and entire family members have been implicated along with petitioner who is aged about 18 years due to dispute regarding the residential house between them. He also submits that the co-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.301 of 2023(2) dt.15-05-2023 2/2 accused, namely, Jagriti Devi having similar general and omnibus allegation has been granted anticipatory bail by a coordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 30726/2020 vide order dated 30.01.2021 (Annexure-4).

5. Regards being had to the submissions made by the parties, taking into consideration the material on record and the fact that allegation against nine accused persons are general and omnibus in nature, the injury caused to the daughter of the informant happens to be simple in nature, the co-accused has already been granted anticipatory bail by a Bench of this Court, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, let the petitioner, named above, in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Munger in connection with Kotwali PS (Basudeopur OP) Case No. 95/2020, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) CrPC.

(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) perwez U T