Thakur Sonar @ Sunil Kumar Verma v. The State of Bihar

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : For the Opposite Party : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR Mr. Deovind Kumar Singh, Advocate Mr. Anil Kumar, APP ORAL ORDER 3 12-11-2025 Heard Mr. Deovind Kumar Singh, learned Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Anil Kumar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sahpur P.S. Case No. 258 of 2020, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 326(A), 307, 504, 506, 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

Allegedly, on the fateful day, while the informant along with his nephew was going to market, in the meantime, co-accused Sonu Sonar, Lakshman Sonar and Manoj Sonar restrained them and threatened to withdraw the earlier FIR instituted by them. In the meanwhile, the petitioner along with two others came there; co-accused Lallu Sonar was armed with pistol and the petitioner had lathi in his hand further threatened all, and thereupon Lallu Sonar and Sonu Sonar entered into his Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66162 of 2025(3) dt.12-11-2025 shop and threw acid on the body of the informant due to which he sustained burn injuries.

Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the entire case falls to ground for the simple reason that during the course of investigation no materials have been collected against the petitioner and, thus, he has not been sent-up for trial. To support the aforesaid contention, the final form/report has been placed on record as Annexure-P/2. It is further contended that though petitioner was not sent up for trial, however, differing with the final report, the learned jurisdictional court has taken cognizance for the offences as alleged, hence, the present application for grant of anticipatory bail. The petitioner is said to be handicapped person, undertakes before this Court that he will fully cooperate in the proceeding of the court, besides he bears a fair antecedent.

On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the cognizance of the offence alleged in the FIR against the petitioner also speaks about his complicity.

Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocates for the respective parties and taking note of the fact that after investigation the petitioner has not been Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66162 of 2025(3) dt.12-11-2025 sent up for trial and the court differing with the final report has taken cognizance besides his fair antecedents, let the petitioner abovenamed be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M. 1st, Bhojpur, Ara, in connection with Sahpur P.S. Case No. 258 of 2020, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, with the further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the petitioner. Pawan/- U T (Harish Kumar, J)