Gunjan Sah v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21176 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-48 Year-2018 Thana- ANDHRATHARHI District- Madhubani ====================================================== 1.
Gunjan Sah S/o- Mangnu Sah R/v- Pastan Ps- Andharathari DistMadhubani 2.
Ranjan Sah S/o- Mangnu Sah R/v- Pastan Ps- Andharathari Dist- Madhubani 3.
Anil Sah @ Anil S/o- Jai Narayan Sah R/v- Pastan Ps- Andharathari DistMadhubani ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amit Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Md. Matloob Rab, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 08-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Andharathari P.S. Case No. 48 of 2018, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 324, 325, 307, 379, 504, 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per prosecution case, 14 persons named in the FIR including these petitioners assaulted the informant, Raghunandan Sah due to which he sustained head injury. The allegation against petitioner nos. 1 & 2 are assault by means of lathi and bamboo stick.
4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21176 of 2026(2) dt.08-04-2026 2/3 the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case. Co-accused persons namely, Rajesh Sah, Manganu Sah, Sunil Sah and Mira Devi have already been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide Annexure- P/6 series. In the order dated 10.10.2018, granting anticipatory bail to Rajesh Sah in Cr. Misc. No. 54765 of 2018 which has been recorded that the injury as found on the person of informant is simple in nature. Petitioner nos. 1 and 2 have one criminal antecedent which has been disclosed in Paragraph 3 of the bail application and they are on bail in that particular case. The petitioner no. 3 has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering all these facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
7. Let the petitioners, as named above, in the event of their arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M- III, Jhanjharpur, in connection with Andharathari P.S. Case No. 48 of 2018, subject
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21176 of 2026(2) dt.08-04-2026 3/3 to the conditions laid down under section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and subject to further condition that :- (i) the petitioners shall co-operate in the investigation/ trial.
(ii) the learned Court would, however, verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioners and in case it is found that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedent, the Court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioners. However, it is expected that the verification process would be done expeditiously without causing any delay. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) Ranjeet/- U T