Dilkhush Yadav @ Rajeev Ranjan v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.18043 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-294 Year-2025 Thana- KUSHESHWARASTHAN DistrictDarbhanga ====================================================== Dilkhush Yadav @ Rajeev Ranjan S/o Harikant Yadav R/o Village - Bahorwa, P.S - Kusheshwar Asthan, District - Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nawal Kishor Prasad, Advocate.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ramchandra Sahni, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kusheshwar Asthan P.S. Case No.294 of 2025 instituted under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(2), 308(4), 303(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, a container loaded with illicit liquor was sized by Singhiya Police on the information given by son of the informant and accordingly Singhiya P.S. Case No.163 of 2025 was registered. It is alleged that all the accused including the petitioner armed with various weapons intercepted the informant and his son while they were returning from market and had assaulted them. It is also alleged that
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18043 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 2/3 accused persons have demanded a sum of Rs.25,000/- as rangdari and snatched wrist watch, gold chain and Rs.1,000/-.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. He further submits that the injury to the injured is simple in nature. Learned counsel submits that son of the informant who is injured is himself an accused in several cases. Learned counsel submits that there is delay of 4 days in lodging the F.I.R. without any plausible explanation. He further submits that petitioner has two criminal antecedents relating to Excise Act, in which he is on bail and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial of the case.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the nature of allegation as well as the fact that the injury to the injured is simple in nature, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount to each to the satisfaction of the learned S.D.J.M.,
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.18043 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 3/3 Biraul/ concerned Court in connection with Kusheshwar Asthan P.S. Case No.294 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Ritik/- U T