Rashid Quraishi v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17467 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-58 Year-2025 Thana- CIVIL LINE District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.
Rashid Quraishi Son of Teni Quraishi Resident of village- Nadraganj Badi Daha, P.S.- Civil Line, District- Gaya.
2.
Lucky Qurasishi @ Afzal @ Md. Afzal Quraisi Son of Md. Jamir Quraishi @ Md. Jameel Quraishi Resident of village- Nadraganj Badi Daha, P.S.- Civil Line, District- Gaya.
3.
Danish Quraishi @ Md Danish son of Naushad Quraishi Resident of villageNadraganj Badi Daha, P.S.- Civil Line, District- Gaya. 4.
Md. Gullu @ Md. Shajid S/O Md. Shahab Resident of village- Nadraganj Badi Daha, P.S.- Civil Line, District- Gaya.
5.
Afridi Quraishi @ Md. Someer S/O Naushad Quraishi Resident of villageNadraganj Badi Daha, P.S.- Civil Line, District- Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate Ms. Harsha Shashwat, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Madhura Nand Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 28-04-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3), 303(2), 117(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 read with Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner nos. 1, 2 and 4 are persons with clean antecedent and petitioner no. 3 has antecedent of five cases and petitioner no. 5
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17467 of 2026(2) dt.28-04-2026 2/3 has antecedent of six cases and the informant alleges that on 10.02.2025 at 10:30 PM, he was returning home, when petitioner nos. 3 and 5 in an intoxicated condition abused him, on objection petitioner no. 5 assaulted him by butt of pistol on head causing injury and also fired thereafter other named accused came and assaulted him and took Rs. 5,000/- and threatened to leave the locality after selling the house to them.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no specific allegation of assault or abuse is alleged against petitioner nos. 3 and 5, though it is alleged that they abused and petitioner no. 5 assaulted by butt of pistol and even fired, but then it would manifest that it appears that there is a dispute relating to house, as it is alleged that petitioners threatened him to sell his house to them. It is further submitted that allegation of snatching Rs. 5,000/- is ornamental. It is also submitted that the case has not been instituted under the Excise Act.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application of the petitioners and submits that specific allegation of assaulting and firing is against petitioner no. 5. It is also submitted that petitioner no. 5 has antecedent of six cases and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17467 of 2026(2) dt.28-04-2026 3/3 if privilege of anticipatory bail is granted to petitioner no. 5, he may abscond or try to tamper with the evidence, but then is not in a position to rebut the submission of the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that no specific allegation of assault is alleged against petitioner nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and that the case is not instituted under the Excise Act.
6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the petitioner nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 only above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Civil Line P.S. Case No. 58 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. However, the Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to petitioner no. 5. (Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T