Amrendra Kumar Roushan @ Amrendra Kumar @ Roushan v. The State of Bihar
Pre-arrest bail – Prayer rejected
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail REFUSED by Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 15870 of 2024, order dated 14-03-2024, Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh. Accused: Amrendra Kumar Roushan @ Amrendra Kumar @ Roushan. Base incident: PS Case No. 225 of 2023, Thana Khanpura, District Samastipur; charges under IPC Sections 341, 323, 307, 504, 506, 34 and Arms Act Section 27. Specific FIR allegation: petitioner shot/caused firearm injury to informant (right shoulder); witnesses backed prosecution per case-diary paras 4, 5, 6, 17. Petitioner's counsel argued false implication and 75% permanent disability/low vision preventing motorcycle riding. State counsel: Satyendra Prasad, APP; O.P. No. 2 counsel: Bijay Bhushan Prasad, Rani Shashi Bharti, Swati Kumari. Useful for: rejection of anticipatory bail where accused named in FIR with specific firearm-injury allegation.
What did the court decide?
The Court considered the nature of the accusation — the petitioner is named in the FIR and there is a specific allegation against him that he caused fire arm injury to the informant — and on that basis rejected the petitioner's prayer for pre-arrest bail.