CR. MISC./87183/2025 of Deepu Pandey @ Subodh Kumar Pandey Vs The State of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87183 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-167 Year-2025 Thana- RASULPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Deepu Pandey @ Subodh Kumar Pandey, aged about 32 years, Male, S/o Dadan Pandey, Resident of village - Banpura Pandey Tola, P.S.- Rasulpur, District - Saran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhakar Singh, Advocate Mr. Harsh Pratap Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s: Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 16-01-2026 Heard Mr. Prabhakar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 167/2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Section 126(2), 118(2), 109(1) and 303(2) of the BNS. 3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the petitioner had assaulted the informant by means of knife causing injury and had also snatched Rs. 12,000/- cash from the informant. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is innocent and has falsely Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87183 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 2/3 been implicated in the present case. He further submitted that now the matter has been compromised between the petitioner and the informant. Petitioner has clean antecedent. On these grounds petitioner seeks to be released on pre-arrest bail. 5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail. 6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well, having perused the allegation made in the FIR. The conduct of the informant is not very convincing, as he has entered into compromise with the petitioner and after informant having entered into the compromise, observation can be made with regard to the law laid down by the Apex Court in case of Naushey Ali Vs. State of U.P ., reported in (2025) 4 SCC 78. 7. Learned District Court is directed to verify the compromise petition (Annexure-P/3 to the bail petition) and if it is found to be genuine, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-VI, Chapra / Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87183 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 3/3 Concerned Court in connection with Rasulpur P.S. Case No. 167/2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. 8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force. Niraj/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T