Parmanand Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6398 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-329 Year-2025 Thana- HUSSAINGANJ District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.
Parmanand Sah S/O Late Khublal Sah 2.
Munna Singh Son of Kailash Singh 3.
Anand Kumar Son of Bunilal Bhagat 4.
Guddu Kumar Son of Jagru Mahto 5.
Mukesh Yadav @ Mukesh Kumar Yadav Son of Dinanath Yadav 6.
Shiv Balak Bhagat Son of Late Narayan Bhagat 7.
Sonelal Sah Son of Chattu Sah 8.
Abhishek Kumar Sah Son of Shiv Shankar Sah 9.
Sudarshan Bhagat Son of Late Haricharan Bhagat 10.
Ramesh Prasad Son of Late Ramdas Prasad 11.
Raju Kumar Sah Son of Chandradev Sah 12.
Vishwakarma Mahto Son of Late Thakur Mahto 13.
Munna Sah Son of Late Dirpal Sah, 14.
Sanjay Kumar Sah Son of Late Shri Ram Sah R 15.
Ganga Dayal Bhagat Son of Hem Narayan Sah 16.
Prem Kumar Mishra Son of Late Raghubansi Mishra 17.
Makardhwaj Mahto Son of Late Ramvriksh Mahto 18.
Nitesh Kumar Son of Bachan Bhagat All are resident of village- Hathauri, P.S.- Hussainganj, Distt.- Siwan. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Ms.Kumari Anupam, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Parmanand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 17-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and the learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6398 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 2/3 Siwan Hussainganj P.S.Case No.329 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 223(a), 132 and 352 of BNS.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, altogether 19 co-accused persons including the petitioners and 200-300 unknown people obstacled the police force from discharging their government duty and took law and order in their hand.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are innocent though they are named in the FIR and similar allegation is against 200300 unknown persons. The general allegation is that certain persons had assaulted passersby; however, no distinct role has been assigned to the petitioners. It is further submitted that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents, except petitioner no. 5. On these grounds, the petitioners seek to be released on prearrest bail.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioners.
6. Having considered the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, considering the fact that no specific allegation of assault is attributed to the petitioners, the petitioners are directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.6398 of 2026(2) dt.17-02-2026 3/3 event of their arrest or surrender before the learned district court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st class, Siwan/concerned court, in connection with Hussainganj P.S.Case No.329 of 2025, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS of 2023
7. The learned district court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and if it is found that the petitioners are involved in some other cases as what has been stated in paragraph No.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force.
(Purnendu Singh, J) chn/- U T