Pawan Kumar Singh @ Dhanu Singh @ Pawan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1667 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-557 Year-2024 Thana- BIKRAMGANJ District- Rohtas ====================================================== Pawan Kumar Singh @ Dhanu Singh @ Pawan Kumar S/o Late Vindhyachal Singh R/o Village and post- Shivpur, PS- Bikramganj, Dist- Rohtas ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar Pathak, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 05-02-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Bikram P.S. Case No. 557 of 2024 dated 22.09.2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 238(a) and 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and Sections 25(1-B)a, 26, 27 and 35 of the Arms Act.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that the husband of the informant has been murdered by husband's nephew, namely, Anand Kumar @ Badal, by a double barrel licensee gun of her father-in-law, namely, Radhika Raman Singh. After murder of her husband, Anand Kumar @ Badal fled away from his house and with the help of co-villagers,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1667 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2025 2/3 namely, Pawan Kumar Singh @ Dhanu Singh (petitioner) and Sayandan Suman @ Shyam Nandan Singh concealed the alleged gun.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that there is specific allegation against co-accused Anand Kumar @ Badal. The petitioner has no role in killing the husband of the informant. It is also submitted that a gun and cartridges which were allegedly used in occurrence has been recovered before the institution of the present case from Shiv temple of the village, which is a public place and any person can enter the said temple. The petitioner has no concern with the said gun which belongs to the father-in-law of the informant. It is also submitted that the petitioner is a co-villager of the informant. Lastly, it has been submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 22.09.2024, having no criminal antecedent and charge-sheet has been submitted in the case.
5. Learned A.P.P for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1667 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2025 3/3 of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-I, Bikramganj, Rohtas at Sasaram in connection with Bikram P.S. Case No. 557 of 2024.
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