Dismissed¶7

Chunnu Kumar v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC2 Apr 2025CR. MISC./16550/2025

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What is this about?

Anticipatory bail REFUSED — Chunnu Kumar v. The State of Bihar, CR. MISC. No. 16550 of 2025 (Patna High Court, 02-04-2025, Ramesh Chand Malviya, J.). Offences under B.N.S. Act, 2023, Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352 and 3/5; Amhara P.S. Case No. 52 of 2024, Lakhisarai. Knife assault on informant's son and daughter; specific allegation of knife blow to daughter's back; injury report noted (wounds on Ranju Devi and the daughter). Application dismissed. Keywords: pre-arrest bail, anticipatory bail rejection, BNS 2023, knife/grievous injury, SC/ST Special Judge order dated 29.01.2025.

What did the court decide?

The allegation against the petitioner is specific: he assaulted the daughter of the informant (Shabnam Kumar) on her back with a knife. ¶6

Chunnu Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16550 of 2025

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-52 Year-2024 Thana- Amhara District- Lakhisarai

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Chunnu Kumar, aged about 18 years, Gender-Male, Son of Shrikant Saw, Resident of Village- Tilokhar, P.S.- Amhara, District- Lakhisarai.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajnish Chandra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA

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ORAL ORDER

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2 02-04-2025

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

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Amhara P.S. Case No. 52 of 2024 instituted for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352 and 3/5 of the B.N.S. Act, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘B.N.S.”).

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As per the prosecution case, all the accused persons including the present petitioner assaulted the son and daughter of the informant by means of knife during which the informant’s daughter Shabnam Kumari sustained grievous injury on her back.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16550 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 2/3

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petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to local politics. He submits that there is case and counter case attributed between the parties. He next submits that both of cases the parties being neighbour. Petitioner has got clean antecedent as stated in para 3 of the petition.

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Learned APP for the State has opposes the prayer

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for bail.

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From perusal of the FIR, injury report which has been filed on behalf of the petitioner and also perused the impugned order dated 29.01.2025 passed by the learned District and Additional Sessions Judge-1st-cum-Special Judge, SC/ST, Act, Lakhisarai, it appears that on the basis of written report of the informant Srikant Saw, FIR has been lodged under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352 and 3/5 of the B.N.S. Act, 2023 against five accused persons. The allegation against the petitioner is specific that he assaulted the daughter of the informant Shabnam Kumar on her back with knife. From perusal of the said injury report, it also appears that five incise wound has been found on the body of Ranju Devi, wife of the informant and one incise would had been found on the body of the daughter of the informant which is 1’’ long and 1/4’ deep caused by hard and blunt substance, so consider all aspects of

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16550 of 2025(2) dt.02-04-2025 3/3

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the case, weapon used in the occurrence and the involvement of the petitioner in the alleged commission of offence, I am not

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inclined to grant anticipatory bail to petitioner.

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