Maksudan Paswan @ Masudan Paswan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2416 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-573 Year-2025 Thana- BARH District- Patna ====================================================== Maksudan Paswan @ Masudan Paswan S/o Sato Paswan R/o vill - Berhana, P.S.- Barh, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Kashyap For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026
1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Barh Police Station Case No. 573 of 2025, disclosing offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 35(1), 352, 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the FIR, on 08.10.2025, in the morning, at about 9 am, while the informant was alone in her home, the petitioner along with other accused persons arrived there, abused the informant and assaulted her by lathi and danda on the head. It has further been alleged that five rounds of bullet
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2416 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 were fired by the petitioner in air.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that both the parties are neighbors and there is previous land dispute between them. The petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and the injury caused to the informant is simple in nature. The allegation against the petitioner is general and omnibus in nature. A counter case has also been lodged by the side of the petitioner bearing Barh P.S. Case No. 574 of 2025.
5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that both the parties are neighbors having land dispute, case and counter-case is also there, the petitioner is having no criminal antecedent and the injury caused to the informant is simple in nature, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate 1st, Barh, Patna, in connection with Barh Police
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2416 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 Station Case No. 573 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J) HarshPandey/- U T