Abhiranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47201 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-480 Year-2025 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Abhiranjan Kumar S/O Late Pradeep Paswan R/O Village- Chowkipur, P.SUdwantnagar, District- Bhojpur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Ms. Priyanka Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, A.P.P.

For the Informant :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 31-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. Petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with Udwantnagar P. S. Case No. 480 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103, 61(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to which, Section 238 BNS was added later on.

3. As per F.I.R., brother of the informant was last seen with co-accused persons, namely, Chitranjan Kumar, Manranjan Kumar, Govinda Kumar and this petitioner and thereafter, he did not return home and on the next morning, his dead body was found in the orchard of co-accused Sri Bhagwan @ Sri Bhagwan Ram @ Sri Bhagwan Paswan. It is further alleged that upon the instruction of co-accused Sri Bhagwan @ Sri Bhagwan Ram @ Sri Bhagwan Paswan, other co-accused persons killed

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47201 of 2026(2) dt.31-07-2026 2/2 the deceased and threw him in the orchard.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Informant is not an eye witness to the occurrence and at best, deceased was last seen in the company of this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedent and is in custody since 09.02.2026.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that from bare perusal of the F.I.R. it is apparent that this petitioner and others took the deceased with them and thereafter, his dead body was recovered. During investigation, it has come that the deceased was assaulted and thereafter, strangulated to death.

6. Considering the nature of accusation and gravity of the offence, prayer for bail of the petitioner is rejected.

7. However, since petitioner is in custody since 09.02.2026, Trial Court is directed to expedite and conclude the trial, preferably, within a period of one year from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T