Patna High Court

Md. Imran @ Lala @ Md. Imran AlamversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 2 April 2026
Disposal: BAIL GRANTED
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The court granted regular bail to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Md. Imran Alam, was charged under Section 103(1) of the B.N.S. for allegedly assaulting an informant’s husband, leading to the victim’s death. He applied for regular bail, claiming innocence, lack of weapon, and that the post‑mortem report showed only minor abrasions with no definitive cause of death, while also noting a clean criminal record. The State opposed the bail, emphasizing the seriousness of the offence. The court examined the evidence, the inconclusive forensic report, and the petitioner’s antecedents, and decided to grant bail on condition of a Rs.10,000 bond with two sureties. The application for bail was therefore allowed.

Issues considered

Whether regular bail should be granted to an accused charged under Section 103(1) of the B.N.S. in a case involving alleged assault leading to death

Legislation cited

B.N.S. — s. 103(1)

Subjects

regular bail
Section 103(1)
B.N.S.
assault
homicide
post‑mortem report
forensic science laboratory
clean antecedent

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2860 of 2026
                    Arising Out of PS. Case No.-145 Year-2025 Thana- UJIYARPUR District- Samastipur
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                 Md. Imran @ Lala @ Md. Imran Alam S/O Late Md. Imtiyaz R/O Village-
                 Ward No.-2, Malti Sheikh Toli, P.S- Ujiarpur, Distt.- Samastipur.

                                                                                   ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Khushi Awadh, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

3   02-04-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner has preferred this application for

                   grant of regular bail in connection with Ujiarpur P.S. Case No.

                   145 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Section

                   103(1) of the B.N.S.

                                3. As per the prosecution case, on 15.06.2025 at about

                   11:00 P.M., the petitioner came at the door of the informant and

                   started abusing her and her family members by using filthy

                   languages. When the husband of the informant objected the

                   same, the petitioner pushed him on the ground and assaulted

                   him with legs over his chest and brutally assaulted with bamboo

                   clamp, causing serious injury to him, subsequently, when the

                   informant was taking her husband to the hospital, he died on the
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          way.

                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

          that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

          this case. It has further been submitted that the petitioner was

          unarmed. As per the allegation, the petitioner had thrashed the

          deceased on the ground and assaulted him with legs over his

          chest and brutally assaulted with bamboo clamp. It has also

          been submitted that the post-mortem report indicates abrasions

          on the left abdomen and thumb, however, there are no other

          external or internal injuries to substantiate the allegations of

          assault against the petitioner. Moreover, the opinion regarding

          death has been kept reserved awaiting the report of Forensic

          Science Laboratory (FSL). It has lastly been submitted that the

          petitioner has clean criminal antecedent and is in custody since

          17.06.2025.

                       5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed

          the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                       6. Considering the aforesaid submissions of the

          parties and taking into account the facts and circumstance of the

          case, let the petitioner above-named, be enlarged on bail on

          furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand)

          with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
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                        learned Court concerned, Samastipur, in connection with

                        Ujiarpur P.S. Case No. 145 of 2025.

                                     7. The application stands allowed.



                                                   (Praveen Kumar, J)
Jyoti/-

U         T

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