Niraj Paswan @ Niraj Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86235 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-112 Year-2024 Thana- KOTHI District- Gaya ====================================================== Niraj Paswan @ Niraj Kumar S/O Virendra Paswan R/O Village- Kanargarh, P.S- Kothi, Distt.- Gaya.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Vijay Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Syed Mojibur Rahman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 20-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 316(1) and 318(4) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that petitioner and Raushan Paswan came to the informant and requested for the motorcycle of the informant, accordingly, the informant gave them the motorcycle but the same was not returned.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that the occurrence took place on

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86235 of 2025(2) dt.20-01-2026 2/3 25.12.2024 but the FIR came to be instituted on 27.12.2024, i.e., after a delay of two days without any plausible explanation. It is further submitted that the motorcycle belonged to brother-in-law of the informant and it might be a possibility that the occurrence took place in some other manner and the petitioner came to be implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner and informant are relatives, as such, it does not appear probable that petitioner would have committed such an occurrence along with Raushan Paswan. It is also submitted that petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the investigation to prove his innocence.

5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Kothi P.S. Case No.112 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.

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7. However, it is made clear that in the event, if any application is filed by the Investigating Officer before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner, despite giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the investigation, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bond of the petitioner after recording reasons.

8. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned Police Station through the learned Trial Court. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T