Ajay Kumar Verma v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1519 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2024 Thana- VISHNUPAD District- Gaya ====================================================== Ajay Kumar Verma S/o Birendra Prasad R/o Mohalla- Madhusudan Colony, Road No.04, P.S.- Vishnupad, District- Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Priya Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Yogendra Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-01-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 307, 333, 353, 504, 506 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 37 of Bihar Prohibition and Excise Amendment Act, 2022 and 6/9 Loudspeaker Act and under Section 27 of the Arms Act in connection with Vishnupad P.S. Case No.68 of 2024.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that for maintaining law and order, the police team reached near Ghughritand Chhattu Bigha and when they reached near a Mosque, some members informed that on occasion of Ravidas ceremony people are playing unethical songs on
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1519 of 2025(2) dt.31-01-2025 2/3 account of which, their prayers are getting disturbed, accordingly, the police team reached Ravidas Tola and saw that some miscreants were playing music and were dancing and when they asked the miscreants to restrain, it is alleged that they indulged in brick-batting and even started pelting stones on account of which, some police personnel sustained grievous injury and miscreants even fired, thereafter, it is alleged that motorcycles along with 11 sound boxes, three amplifiers, two auto cut stabilizers, two empty cartridges of .315 bore were seized from the place of occurrence along with the other articles.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case. It is next submitted that it is not the case of the prosecution that petitioner was found drunk. It is also submitted that petitioner resides near the place of occurrence, as such, his motorcycle was found parked which was seized, it is further submitted that even allegation of firing is general and omnibus in nature and no one was injured, which amply demonstrates that the said allegation has been alleged only to give serious colour to the case. Further the allegation of brick-batting and pelting stone is general and omnibus.
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5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Exclusive Special Excise Court No.04, Gaya in connection with Vishnupad P.S. Case No.68 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Prakash Narayan U T