Raj Kumar Prasad @ Santu Ram v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.6753 of 2026 (order dt. 01-04-2026); Raj Kumar Prasad @ Santu Ram v. The State of Bihar; anticipatory bail application rejected; apprehension of arrest in Dhanarua P.S. Case No. 372 of 2025; offences under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 351(2), 352 BNS and Section 27 Arms Act; FIR dated 08.06.2025 by Surendra Singh; dispute over allegedly forged land documents; indiscriminate firing by named accused; gunshot injuries to Manoj Singh and Sawan Kumar; pistol-butt blow on head; counsel's narrow reading of allegations rejected; Justice Rajiv Roy.
What did the court decide?
Rejecting the petitioner's attempt to confine the allegation against him to the pistol-butt blow, the Court accepted the learned APP's contention that the earlier paragraphs of the FIR show the petitioner, along with other accused persons, resorted to indiscriminate firing causing injury to Manoj Singh and Sawan Kumar.