Nattu Bind @ Natua Bind @ Angad @ Angad Bind v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88174 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Nattu Bind @ Natua Bind @ Angad @ Angad Bind Son of Ashok Vind @ Ashok Bind Resident Of Village -Shivnandanpur, Ps- Sultanganj, distBhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Praveen Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 68/2024 dated 17.02.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 302 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, the petitioner and the co-accused persons holding lethal weapons are alleged to have surrounded the house of the informant and started firing indiscriminately and the co-accused Viswanath Bind exhorted to kill. Thereafter, the co-accused, Randhir Bind and the petitioner caught hold of the informant's son and the co-accused Amar

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88174 of 2024(2) dt.17-01-2025 2/3 Bind inflicted blow of iron khanti, causing injury. On being objected by the informant, the co-accused Sawan Bind assaulted him with an iron rod, causing injury and they fled away by firing in the air. Further, the injured were taken to hospital where the informant's son succumbed to the injury.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation against the petitioner. Learned counsel has submitted that the allegation of assaulting the informant's son with khanti is against the coaccused, Amar Bind, whereas the allegation of assaulting the informant is against the co-accused Sawan Bind while the allegation of catching hold of the informant's son is against the petitioner and the co-accused, Randhir Bind. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 23.02.2024. The co-accused, Sawan Bind has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order dated 29.11.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 46337 of 2024.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.88174 of 2024(2) dt.17-01-2025 3/3 named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Bhagalpur in connection with Sultanganj P.S. Case No. 68/2024, with the condition:- (i) The petitioner is directed to remain physically present before the learned Court below on each and every date, failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable cause, the bail bonds of the petitioner are liable to be cancelled.

7. The application stands allowed.

(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T