Praveen Pandey @ Pravin Pandey @ Parbindra Kumar PandeyversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34061 of 2026
                   Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2019 Thana- KUCHAIKOTE District- Gopalganj
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           1.     Praveen Pandey @ Pravin Pandey @ Parbindra Kumar Pandey S/O Rajkrit
                  Pandey R/O Vill.- Dhodhwaliya, P.S.- Kuchaikote, District- Gopalganj
           2.    Sudhir Pandey S/O Rajkrit Pandey R/O Vill.- Dhodhwaliya, P.S.-
                 Kuchaikote, District- Gopalganj
           3.    Ramjee Pandey S/O Rajkrit Pandey R/O Vill.- Dhodhwaliya, P.S.-
                 Kuchaikote, District- Gopalganj

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

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr.Shashank Shekhar
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr.Uday Pratap Singh
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RITESH KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   18-05-2026              Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned

                   APP for the State.

                            2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in Kuchaikote

                   P.S. Case No. 156 of 2019 registered under Sections 341, 323, 326,

                   307, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of the Arms Act.

                         3. As per the prosecution story which has been lodged on the

                   basis of written report submitted by the informant to the effect that

                   on the alleged date of occurrence i.e 5.6.2019 all the accused persons

                   surrounded his son while he had gone to the grocery shop. He alleged

                   that for a dispute, which was there from before in-between the son of

                   the informant and co-accused Priyanshu Pandey, for playing cricket,

                   the co-accused Priyanshu Pandey is said to have fired at his son, due
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          to which, he suffered bullet injuries.

                3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the

          petitioners are innocent and the allegation of firing has been levelled

          against co-accused Priyanshu Pandey, who is the son of Petitioner

          No. 1 and only due to that fact, the petitioners have been arrayed as

          accused in the present case. She further submits that the police after

          investigation, submitted charge-sheet No. 174 of 2020 on 21.6.2020,

          whereby the accused persons were not sent up for trial. However, the

          learned ACJM-VII, Gopalganj vide his order dated 25.2.2022

          differed with the report of the police and took cognizance against the

          petitioners herein. She further submits that the petitioners have got a

          clean antecedent.

                4. The Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for

          anticipatory bail of the petitioners.

                5. Having heard the learned counsels for the parties and after

          going through the records, it appears that the allegation of firing is

          against co-accused Priyanshu Pandey, who is said to be son of the

          Petitioner No. 1 and nothing has been alleged in the first information

          report against the petitioners. Further, the petitioners were not sent up

          for trial and final form was submitted against them by the police.

          However, the learned ACJM-VII, Gopalganj, differing with the

          police report, took cognizance against the petitioners. The petitioners

          have got clean antecedent.

                       6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, let
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                      the petitioners, above named, in the event of arrest/surrender before

                      the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, be

                      released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-

                      (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the

                      satisfaction of learned ACJM-VII, Gopalganj          in connection with

                      Kuchaikote P.S. Case No. 156 of 2019, subject to the conditions as

                      laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., with further

                      condition:

                                   (I) The learned Court concerned shall verify the criminal

                      antecedent of the petitioners and in case at any stage, it is found that

                      the petitioners have concealed his criminal antecedents, the Court

                      concerned shall take steps for cancellation of bail bond of the

                      petitioners. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the

                      above mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the

                      name of verification.



                                                  (Ritesh Kumar, J)
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