Ravindra Chaupal v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.971 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-66 Year-2022 Thana- JAMALPUR District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Ravindra Chaupal son of Latar Chaupal @ Lalo Choupal RESIDENT OF VILLAGE AKHATWARA P.S-JAMALPUR-DIST-DARBHANGA. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shailendra Kumar Jha, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Dr. Kumar Uday Pratap, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER 07-03-2024 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 341, 342, 323, 325, 307, 354, 379, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Allegedly, after some altercation, all the FIR named accused persons including the petitioner are said to have assaulted the informant's side brutally with deadly weapons due to which they sustained injuries.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and he has committed no offence. No such occurrence as alleged ever took place. He has been falsely implicated in this case due to ulterior motive. The

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.971 of 2024(4) dt.07-03-2024 2/2 allegation levelled against the petitioner is totally false and based on concocted facts. Both the parties are agnates and there is admitted land dispute between them. Petitioner has two criminal antecedents as mentioned in para-3 of this application.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that there is serious allegation of assault against the petitioner. Hence, he does not deserve the privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, as both the parties are agnates and there is land dispute between them, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Jamalpur P.S. Case No. 66 of 2022, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.

(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J) divyanshi/- U T