Anil Kumar Mahato @ Pinku Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.17744 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-209 Year-2025 Thana- LALIT NARAYAN UNIVERSITY District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

Anil Kumar Mahato @ Pinku Mahto S/o- Nand Kishor Mahto Vill -Chunabhathi, Durgamandir P.s-University L.N.M.U Dist -Darbhanga 2.

Raja Ram Mahto S/o- Nand Kishor Mahto Vill -Chunabhathi, Durgamandir P.s-University L.N.M.U Dist -Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Girish Chandra Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 25-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 113(1), 109, 74, 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per prosecution case, all the accused persons including the petitioners assaulted the informant. It is alleged that the petitioners assaulted the wife of the informant with katta due to which she sustained injury.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the present case due to land dispute. Further submission is that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.17744 of 2026(2) dt.25-03-2026 2/2 F.I.R. has been lodged after a delay of 5 days without any plausible reason. Petitioners and informant are agnates. The nature of the injury to the injured is simple. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent. They undertake to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the bail application.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of allegation and clean antecedent of the petitioners, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Darbhanga in connection with University P.S. Case No. 209 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T