Inder Bhushan Pandit @ Indu Bhushan Pandit v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8403 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-121 Year-2025 Thana- MOHANPUR District- Samastipur ====================================================== Inder Bhushan Pandit @ Indu Bhushan Pandit S/o Ram Jatan Pandir Resident of Village- Sarari, P.S.- Mohanpur, District- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Praween Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Surendra Kumar, APP For the Informant :

Mr. Lakshmindra Kumar Yadav, Advocate Mr. Prabhu Narayan Prabhakar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the informant.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(2), 109, 103(1), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S..

3. As per F.I.R., it is alleged that due to old land dispute, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, called informant's father and mother to settle the matter through panchayati and in course of panchayati between the parties, there was hot talk between informant's father and co-accused Umed Lal Pandit and thereafter, all the accused

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8403 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 persons dragged them in the house and brutally assaulted. It is specifically alleged that co-accused Umed Lal Pandit pressed the neck of informant's father, whereas this petitioner assaulted on the chest of informant's father with brick and co-accused Uma Shankar Pandit, Ravai Kumar Pandit and Arun Pandit were catching hands & legs of informant's father, on account of which, father of informant died on spot and informant's mother sustained some injuries.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, on account of long standing land dispute, petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that he, along with other accused persons, assaulted father and mother of informant due to which father of informant died on the spot.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specific and direct nature of accusation and gravity of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8403 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 3/3 offence, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is rejected.

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