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Dashrath Paswan v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC6 Jul 2023CR. MISC./3182/2023

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The Patna High Court enlarged the petitioner on regular bail in a murder and arms offence case. The court noted the lack of specific overt acts against the petitioner and remand duration before granting bail on ensuring conditions.

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Petitioner to be enlarged on bail by furnishing a bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount to the A.D.J.-4th, Buxar.

Dashrath Paswan Vs The State of Bihar — Murder and Culpable Homicide | Patna HC (2023)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3182 of 2023

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2016 Thana- SIKRAUL District- Buxar

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DASHRATH PASWAN Son of Late Sheo Bacchan Ram R/v- Bardiha, P.S.Charpokhari, District- Bhojpur

... ... Petitioner/s

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The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sanjay Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Mithlesh Kumar Khare ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL KUMAR PANWAR ORAL ORDER

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3 06-07-2023

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner has prayed for regular bail in a case instituted for the offence under Sections 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

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The allegation against the petitioner along with others is of indiscriminating firing upon the father of the informant, due to which he succumbed to injury.

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It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. He has committed no offence. Petitioner is not named in the FIR. The name of the petitioner has come into light, on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Raj Kumar Ram, which has got no evidentiary value in the eyes of

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.3182 of 2023(3) dt.06-07-2023 2/2

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law. There is specific allegation of firing is against co-accused Upendra Sahwadi and Shambhu Prasad Singh, who shot fired on the deceased. There is no specific overt act against the petitioner of firing. He further submitted that the other co-accused has already been granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench vide order dated 15.01.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 50807 of 2017. The petitioner has been remanded in this case on 12.09.2022 and since then he is languishing in judicial custody.

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The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for

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the State.

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Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case as well as period of custody, this court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.D.J.-4th, Buxar in connection with Sikraul P.S. Case No. 23 of 2016.

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(Sunil Kumar Panwar, J)

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arish/-

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