Vinay Sahani v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1619 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2025 Thana- LAKHAURA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Vinay Sahani S/O Suresh Sahani @ Suresh Sahni Resident of VillageAjagarwa, P.S- Lakhaura, Distt.- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Sen Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 31-01-2026 Heard Mr. Abhishek Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Chandra Sen Prasad, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner has prayed for bail in connection with Lakhaura P.S. Case No. 20 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(2), 109(1), 303(2), 352, 351(3), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. The case of the prosecution in short is that one accused, namely, Mukesh Sahni, assaulted the informant with a knife on the head, and the second assault was made by Milan Kumar.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner has submitted that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He has been falsely implicated in this

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1619 of 2026(2) dt.31-01-2026 2/2 case. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there is no specific allegation of any overt act against this petitioner. The petitioner is only a member of mob. He also submits that from perusal of the injury report, it will transpire that the informant has received simple injuries. He further submits that due to intervention of well wishers, parties have compromised the case. Moreover, the petitioner is languishing in judicial custody since 23.10.2025.

5. The application for bail is opposed by learned APP for the State and submits that the petitioner is having criminal antecedent of six cases.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail. The above named petitioner is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. ten thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with Lakhaura P.S. Case No. 20 of 2025.

(Ashok Kumar Pandey, J) Sudhanshu/- U T