Kumar Gunjan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail rejected, Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous 23313/2025, Rajiv Roy J, decided 01-05-2025. Accused: Kumar Gunjan s/o Nitish Kumar (Makbulpur, Haspura, Aurangabad). FIR: Haspura PS Case 86/2024, lodged 25.04.2024 by Niru Kumari. Charges: IPC Ss. 447, 448, 341, 323, 325, 307, 354, 379, 34 (armed entry after marriage function; sharp cutting weapon used on Manoj Kumar; some amount snatched). Grievous injury cited: wound left lower jaw bone, 5” x 1” x 2”, per Sessions Judge observation relied on by APP Bharat Bhushan. Defence points: case-and-counter-case (accused-side case later), young petitioner, no criminal antecedent (counsel Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Shashi Ranjan Kumar). Outcome: bail prayer refused, application rejected.
What did the court decide?
Taking into account the submissions and the kind of allegation and the injury report concerning Manoj Kumar (wound on left lower jaw bone 5” x 1” x 2”, found grievous by the doctor), relief cannot be extended to the petitioner.