Sikandar Kumar @ Sikandar Mahto @ Sikandra Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16128 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-457 Year-2025 Thana- GAUTAMBUDHNAGAR DistrictSiwan ====================================================== Sikandar Kumar @ Sikandar Mahto @ Sikandra Mahto S/o Indrajit Mahato, Resident of Village - Shrinagar, Pokhra, P.S. - G.B. Nagar, District - Siwan. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bijay Prakash Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 03-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. In the present case, the petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with G.B. Nagar P.S. Case No. 457 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 109, 351(2) and 352 read with Section 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.

3. As per prosecution case, petitioner and other coaccused persons surrounded the informant, chowkidar of the Police Station and assaulted him for passing information of the assailants to the Police. The allegation against the petitioner is that he gave knife blow on the head of the informant who fell down.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16128 of 2026(2) dt.03-04-2026 2/3 the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. The allegation is not believable in the background of injury report which shows lacerated wound on left occipital region of skull of size 1" x 1/3" x Skin deep, apart from tenderness on left chest and tenderness on left scapula, so the injury report shows no knife injury has been caused as alleged in the FIR. The nature of injury shows injuries to be simple and superficial. Other allegations are general and omnibus. The petitioner is having antecedent of one case in which he is on bail.

5. Learned APP opposes the submissions made on behalf of the petitioner.

6. Having regard to the facts and circumstances and submissions made on behalf of the parties and considering the absence of injury attributed to the petitioner and also considering the possibility of false accusation, let the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court concerned within a period of eight weeks from today, be released on bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-IV, Siwan, in connection with G.B. Nagar

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.16128 of 2026(2) dt.03-04-2026 3/3 P.S. Case No. 457 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. and other following conditions:

(i) One of the bailors will be a close relative of the petitioner.

(ii) The petitioner will remain present on each and every date fixed by the Court below, if so required by the learned trial Court.

(Arun Kumar Jha, J) Shahnawaz/- U T