Afroz Ahmad Khan @ Afroz Khan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.13604 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-273 Year-2022 Thana- SANGRAMPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Afroz Ahmad Khan @ Afroz Khan S/o Firoz Khan R/o Village - Dariyapur, P.S - Sangrampur, District - East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Abhishek Teerthankar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Damodar Prasad Tiwary, 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 341, 323, 325, 307, 379, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. The allegation in the First Information Report is that the petitioner has assaulted the informant on his head by means of iron rod.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case only in order to settle some money dispute. It has further been submitted that as a matter of fact, no serious injury has been caused to the informant and the bail rejection order has also

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13604 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 2/3 been pointed out which indicates that despite giving sufficient time to the learned Public Prosecutor I/C to produce the case diary, injury report and criminal antecedent, the same could not be produced. Further submission of the petitioner is that, subsequently, the informant herself filed a petition in the learned Court below seeking permission to withdraw the case and the said petition has been annexed as Annexure-P/2 to the present application. 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 the fact that there does not seem to be any apparent injury shown on the informant, coupled with the fact that the informant has subsequently filed a petition for withdrawal of the present case on account of compromise and also considering the fact that learned counsel for the petitioner has informed this Court that no coercive processes have been issued against the petitioner as yet, 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/-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.13604 of 2026(2) dt.18-03-2026 3/3 (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 Sangrampur P.S. Case No. 273 of 2022, 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, subject to the condition that:- (i) The petitioner shall co-operate with the investigation, if not already concluded and make himself available as and when so required, failing which the prosecution will be at liberty to move cancellation of his bail bond.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T