Patna High Court
Rohit Paswan @ Rohit Kumar @ Priyatam KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
Summary
The petitioner, Rohit Paswan, was named in an FIR for offences under several sections of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes (B.N.S., 2023) following an alleged assault on an informant. He contended that he has a clean record, was falsely implicated, and that the alleged assault was minor and not under the Arms Act. The petitioner sought anticipatory bail, assuring cooperation with the investigation, while the State opposed the relief. The Court, after considering the submissions, granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes (B.N.S.S.). The order also stipulated that bail could be cancelled if the petitioner fails to cooperate with the investigation.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner despite the serious charges under the B.N.S., 2023.
- Whether the alleged assault and other offences warrant denial of bail on grounds of potential tampering with evidence or absconding.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- false implication
- assault
- Section 482
- criminal procedure
- Bihar
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77427 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2025 Thana- FATEHPUR District- Gaya
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Rohit Paswan @ Rohit Kumar @ Priyatam Kumar Son of Mosafir Paswan
R/o Village - Lodhway, P.S.- Fatehpur, District - Gaya.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Praveen Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 06-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.
Chandra Bhushan Prasad, learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered
for the offences punishable under Sections 190, 191(2), 126(2),
117(2), 115(2), 109, 303(2) and 351(2) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that he was intercepted by the accused persons including
the petitioner and was pulled down from his Scooty. Further,
petitioner assaulted him by butt of pistol causing injury on head
while other accused assaulted him by Lathi causing injury on
head and hand and someone snatched Rs.8,600/- from his
pocket.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
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petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the FIR, it
would manifest that the case has not been instituted under the
Arms Act. It is also submitted that though there is allegation of
assault against this petitioner of assaulting the informant by butt
of pistol but then the blow is not alleged to have been repeated
and the injury suffered by the injured has been opined to be
simple in nature, as would manifest from the supplementary
injury report, annexed as Annexure-P/4 to the instant
anticipatory bail application at page-24. It is next submitted that
petitioner will not abscond rather will cooperate in the
investigation to prove his innocence. It is also submitted that
petitioner is not a criminal.
5. Learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail
application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above-named, in the
event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court
within a period of six weeks from today, be released on
anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-
(Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount
each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case
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is pending/Successor Court in connection with Fatehpur P.S.
Case No.178 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down
under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S.
7. However, it is made clear that in the event, if any
application is filed by the Investigating Officer before the
learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner, despite
giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the
investigation, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel
the bail bonds of the petitioner after recording reasons.
8. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned
police station through the learned Trial Court.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Sanjay/-
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