Patna High Court
Pappu YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Holding
Bail was denied to the petitioner.
Summary
The petitioner, Pappu Yadav, was charged with multiple offences including assault with a knife that caused the death of an informant's father‑in‑law. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner, along with others, entered the informant’s house, abused her, and, upon protest by her father‑in‑law, assaulted him with a knife, resulting in his immediate death. The petitioner claimed innocence, arguing he was falsely implicated due to a long‑standing land dispute and has been in custody since September 2024. The State opposed bail, emphasizing the specific accusation, the gravity of the offences, and the petitioner’s prior criminal antecedent. The court, considering the seriousness of the charges and the petitioner’s antecedent, rejected the bail application and directed the trial court to expedite the trial within one year.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner given the specific and serious nature of the accusations and his criminal antecedent.
Legislation cited
- B.N.S. — s. 103, 109, 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 190, 191(2), 191(3), 351(2), 352
Subjects
- bail
- criminal procedure
- assault
- homicide
- criminal antecedent
- expedited trial
- sections 191
- sections 190
- sections 126
- sections 115
- sections 118
- sections 109
- sections 103
- sections 352
- sections 351
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9983 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-481 Year-2024 Thana- KARAKAT District- Rohtas
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Pappu Yadav S/O Late Kameshwar Singh Resident of Village- Dharmagat
Parasi, Police Station- Karakat, District- Rohtas.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Raghunandan Kumar Singh, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Arun Kumar Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 18-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the
offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2),
115(2), 118(1), 109, 103, 352 and 351(2) of the B.N.S..
3. As per the prosecution case, it is alleged that all the
FIR named accused persons, including this petitioner, came to
the house of the informant and started abusing her and on
protest by her father-in-law, all the accused persons assaulted
him. It is specifically alleged that this petitioner indiscriminately
assaulted the informant as well as her father-in-law by means of
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knife due to which father-in-law of the informant died on the
spot.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence.
Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case due to long
standing land dispute between the parties. Moreover, charge-
sheet has already been submitted and petitioner is in custody
since 18.09.2024.
5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has
vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of bail to the petitioner
and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific
accusation that he assaulted informant and her father-in-law
with knife as a result of which, father-in-law of informant died.
Petitioner appears to be assailant of the deceased and has got
one criminal antecedent.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the
case, specific and direct nature of accusation, gravity of offence
and criminal antecedent of the petitioner, the prayer for grant
bail of to the petitioner is rejected.
7. However, considering the fact that petitioner is in
custody since 18.09.2024, the learned trial court is directed to
expedite the trial and conclude the same, preferably within a
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period of one year from the date of receipt/production of a copy
of this order.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
shashank/-
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