Balkumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1976 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-223 Year-2024 Thana- CHHATAPUR District- Supaul ====================================================== 1.

Balkumar Singh S/O Late Swrup Lal singh R/O Vill.- Bhattabari, Ward no. 10, P.S.- Chhatapur, Dist.- Supaul.

2.

Nirmal Devi W/O Balkumar Singh R/O Vill.- Bhattabari, Ward no. 10, P.S.- Chhatapur, Dist.- Supaul.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashi Bhushan Singh, Adv.

For the State :

Ms. Anita Kumari, APP.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 76, 303(2), 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.

3. An FIR has been lodged against as many as four persons by alleging that they hurled abuses at the informant and also resorted to assault. The allegation on these petitioners is with regard to assault on the informant.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the allegations levelled in the FIR are not correct and as a matter of fact, there is a dispute between the parties and with regard to the said incident, a counter case has been filed on behalf of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1976 of 2025(3) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 petitioner no.2 being Chhatapur P.S. Case No. 237 of 2024. A perusal of the injury report of the informant would go to show that out of the four injuries sustained by him, three are simple in nature and injury no.3, which has been sustained by him on his left palm, is opined to be grievous. However, it is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that the same is not on the vital part of the body.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. Considering all the above mentioned facts and circumstances of the case and also the clean antecedent of the petitioners, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released 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 learned A.C.J.M.-V, Supaul in connection with Chhatapur P.S. Case No. 223 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ 482 (2) of the BNSS, 2023.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) divyanshi/- U T