Suman Yadav @ Suman Kumar Yadav @ Suman Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76113 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-216 Year-2023 Thana- BAUNSI District- Banka ====================================================== Suman Yadav @ Suman Kumar Yadav @ Suman Kumar, Son of Ghanshyam Yadav, Resident Of Village - Pabra Rampur, P.S. - Bounsi, Dist. - Banka. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ravi Prakash Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Raushan Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAILENDRA SINGH ORAL ORDER 03-12-2025 Heard Mr. Praveen Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Md. Iftekhar Mahmood, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bounsi P.S. Case No. 216 of 2023 dated 24.07.2023 registered for the offences punishable under sections 341, 323, 354B, 379, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The main submissions advanced by petitioner's counsel are that the petitioner and the informant are co-villagers and the allegations levelled in the FIR were inspired by the village politics and the informant lodged the FIR six days after the commission of the alleged occurrence without explaining the said inordinate delay and the investigation against this petitioner has been completed, giving him the benefit under section 41A of the Cr.P.C. and on account of the trial court taking cognizance of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76113 of 2025(2) dt.03-12-2025 2/2 the offences under sections 354B and 379 along with other offences under the IPC, the petitioner has a reasonable apprehension of his arrest.

4. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer of the petitioner.

5. In the facts and circumstances of this case and considering the above submissions and mainly the delay of six days on the part of the informant in lodging the FIR without showing any reason for the said delay and coupled with completion of investigation against the petitioner, this Court is of the view that it is a fit case for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, let the petitioner named-above, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Court concerned in connection with Bounsi P.S. Case No. 216 of 2023, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. (Shailendra Singh, J) annu/- U T