Mahesh Kumar @ Mahesh Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8833 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-129 Year-2024 Thana- KAJRA District- Lakhisarai ====================================================== Mahesh Kumar @ Mahesh Singh S/o Mahendra Prasad Singh R/o VillageNarottampur, PS- Kajra, Dist- Lakhisarai ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Parmanand Pd. Nr. Sahi, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 132, 120(2), 121(2), 324, 329(20, 303, 351(3), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. As per the allegation in the First Information Report, which has been lodged by the forest official, a tractor with trailer, without number, loaded with chips was seized and had been brought in the premises of Forest Department, Kajra for verification and necessary action. In the meantime,12 to 15 persons jumped into the premises and started abusing the informant and other officials of the Forest Department. Meanwhile, other co-accused, namely, Sajjan Singh,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8833 of 2026(2) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 personalized himself to be PACS chairman, asked the informant to release the tractor and trailer. On refusal by the informant, petitioner and other accused persons assaulted the officials with lathi, danda and iron rod. It is further alleged that Sajjan Singh with the help of his brother Sooraj Singh, another accused and other accused persons started the tractor and forcibly took away the seized Tractor with trailer loaded with chips. Said tractor was having no registration number. Sajjan Singh is also alleged to have threatened the informant to prevent himself from informing police and not to seize his vehicle in future, otherwise they would be killed. Accused persons also snatched Rs.10,000/- from the informant and damaged his mobile phone.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. Petitioner is neither owner nor driver of the tractor in question. Allegation appears to be motivated, as no one can dare to enter into the premises of the Forest Department and forcibly took away the seized tractor. Similarly situated coaccused Anant Kumar has already been allowed pre-arrest bail by a co-ordinate bench of this Court vide order passed in Cr.Mis.No. 10526/2025. This petitioner claims clean antecedent.
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering the nature of accusation, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged 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 S.D.J.M., Lakhisarai in connection with Kajra P.S. Case No. 129 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Jyoti Kumari/- U T