Niraj Kumar Singh @ Niraj Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 24 January, 2025

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Niraj Kumar Singh @ Niraj Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 24 January, 2025

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4446 of 2025
                     Arising Out of PS. Case No.-231 Year-2023 Thana- CHANDRADIP District- Jamui
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                 Niraj Kumar Singh @ Niraj Kumar S/o Ashok Singh R/o Village- Sonkhar,
                 P.S.- Chandradeep, District- Jamui

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr.Sanju Singh, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr.Yogendra Kumar, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RUDRA PRAKASH
                 MISHRA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   24-01-2025

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

APP representing the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

with Chandradeep P.S. Case No. 231 of 2023 registered for the

offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323,

332, 225, 333, 307, 337, 338, 353, 427, 504, 506 of the Indian

Penal Code.

3. As per prosecution case, accusation against the

accused persons along with the petitioner is of obstructing the

police party from performing their official duty and pelting

bricks and stones upon the police party as well as causing

damage to the police vehicle.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
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petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the

present case. He further submits that nothing incriminating has

been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner.

The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as has been stated in

paragraph no.3 of the present anticipatory bail application. He

further submits that as per impugned order, no one sustained any

injury in the alleged occurrence. There is no direct or specific

allegation of any overt act against the petitioner rather the same

is general and omnibus in nature. There is no eye-witness who

have supported the prosecution version. Learned counsel for the

petitioner further submits that the co-accused Rajesh Kumar,

Munnu Singh @ Munnu Kumar, Chunnu Singh and Suraj

Kumar have been granted regular bail by this Court vide orders

dated 23.08.2024 and 30.08.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 59020

of 2024 and 62071 of 2024 respectively.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for

anticipatory bail of the petitioner, stating that the offence alleged

in the occurrence is serious in nature and, hence, he does not

deserve privilege of anticipatory bail.

6. Considering the entire facts and circumstances of

the case and taking into account the submissions made by the

learned counsel for the petitioner, let the petitioner above-

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named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned

Court below within a period of six weeks from today, be

released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of

Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like

amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where

the case is pending/successor court in connection with

Chandradeep P.S. Case No. 231 of 2023, subject to the

conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Rudra Prakash Mishra, J)
rishi/-

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