Shahnawaj @ Bholu @ Shahnabaj Alam Ansari v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2991 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-348 Year-2025 Thana- CHHATAUNI District- East Champaran ====================================================== 1.

Shahnawaj @ Bholu @ Shahnabaj Alam Ansari S/O Md Alam Ansari Resident of Mohalla- Khodanagar, P.S- Chhatauni, District- East Champaran.

2.

Raushani Khatoon W/O Mokhtar Ansari @ Bachau Resident of MohallaKhodanagar, P.S- Chhatauni, District- East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prateek Tandon, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 20-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 348 of 2025 dated 13.06.2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 119(1), 109, 303(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per prosecution case, the accusation against the accused persons including the petitioners is of assaulting the Informant's son Farhan Azad. When the Informant came for his rescue, the accused persons also assaulted him. It is alleged that the both the petitioners assaulted the Informant's son by means of iron rod and Dabia.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2991 of 2026(3) dt.20-02-2026 2/3 the nature of injury caused does not corroborate the allegation leveled in the F.I.R. The Injury report, which has been called for, suggests the injuries being caused owing to abrasion and there are lacerated wounds. There is counter version of the entire incident which is said to have been lodged by the brother of the co-accused Mokhtar Ansari being Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 352 of 2025. Lastly, it is submitted that both the parties are next door neighbours and the petitioners bear no criminal antecedent.

5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.

6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the fact that the nature of injuries does not corroborate the allegation leveled in the F.I.R. and the petitioners having no criminal antecedent, this Court is inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.

7. Accordingly, let the above named petitioners, be released on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, East

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2991 of 2026(3) dt.20-02-2026 3/3 Champaran, Motihari in connection with Chhatauni P.S. Case No. 348 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Ajit Kumar, J) rishi/- U T