Devendra Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.85993 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-361 Year-2025 Thana- SHEOHAR District- Sheohar ====================================================== 1.
Devendra Paswan S/O Late Chhathu Paswan R/o Village- Sarsaula Khurd, P.S. Sheohar, District - Sheohar 2.
Rohit Paswan Son of Asharfi Paswan R/o Village- Sarsaula Khurd, P.S. Sheohar, District - Sheohar 3.
Jai Ram Paswan Son of Late Ramdhari Paswan @ Ramdhani Paswan R/o Village- Sarsaula Khurd, P.S. Sheohar, District - Sheohar 4.
Saheb Kumar @ Saheb Paswan Son of Asharfi Paswan R/o Village- Sarsaula Khurd, P.S. Sheohar, District - Sheohar ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Lokesh Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Shantanu Kumar, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Mahendra Thakur, Mr. Krishna Prabhat, Adv ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, informant and the State.
2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 115(2), 117(2), 126(2), 109(1), 351(3), 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per F.I.R., 17 named including these petitioners and 15-20 unknown persons assaulted informant's side to forcibly dispossess them from their land, resulting in injuries to several persons.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.85993 of 2025(2) dt.07-01-2026 2/2
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus and there is no specific allegation of overt act against these petitioners. Case and counter case. Petitioners claim clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the nature of accusation, case and counter case and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioners in the event of their arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sheohar in connection with Sheohar P. S. Case No. 361 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T