The High Court of Patna granted anticipatory bail to petitioners Chinta Devi and Jagriti Kumari, who faced arrest for alleged assault. They were released on a bond of Rs. 25,000 with two sureties within six weeks, subject to CrPC conditions.
Petitioners released on bail bond of Rs. 25,000 each with two sureties of like amount each within six weeks.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5236 of 2023
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-485 Year-2022 Thana- NATHNAGAR District- Bhagalpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
THE STATE OF BIHAR Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Praveen Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Surendra Prasad Singh ======================================================
CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANJANI KUMAR SHARAN ORAL ORDER
5 07-07-2023 Heard the parties.
The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 308, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The allegation against the petitioners is that they along with other co-accused persons brutally assaulted the informant and her son due to which they sustained injuries.
It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioners that petitioners are quite innocent and have committed no offence. They have been falsely implicated in this case. No such occurrence, in the manner as alleged, has ever taken place. The allegation levelled against the petitioners is not specific rather
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general and omnibus in nature. There is no specific overt act against the petitioners. He further submits that the as per the injury report enclosed in the case-diary, injury is of simple nature. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case as well as considering the nature of injury, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 25,000/(Rupees Twenty Five Thousand) each 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 Nathnagar (Madhusudanpur) P.S. Case No.485 of 2022, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Anjani Kumar Sharan, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners facing arrest in a criminal case involving assault.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Chinta Devi
Jagriti Kumari
The State of Bihar
Anjani Kumar Sharan
As recorded by the court registry
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