Chotan Kumar @ Himanshu Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13162 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-443 Year-2025 Thana- CHAPRA MUFFASIL District- Saran ====================================================== Chotan Kumar @ Himanshu Kumar Son of Lalmohan Ray Resident of Village- Dumariya, Post- Chanchaura, P.S.- Muffasil, District- Saran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhananjay Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ram Priya Sharan Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 18-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109, 303(2), 352(2), 351(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. The allegation in the First Information Report that the petitioner, along with other co-accused persons, forcibly snatched a sum of Rs. 12,000/- along with a gold ring and a locket.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that an altercation took place between the parties on account of previous dispute and in course of the same both sides sustained injuries for which a false FIR was filed by the informant. It has also been pointed out from the injury report, which is AnnexureP/2, that the injuries are simple in nature. Further the submission is that no offence under Section 109 of the B.N.S. would be
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13162 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 2/2 made out in view of the fact that although the petitioner was armed with a firearm, the same was not used. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail on the basis of allegations made in the First Information Report.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and considering especially that the injury is simple in nature, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Chapra Muffasil P.S. Case No. 443 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438
(2) of the Cr.P.C/ Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T