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Patna High CourtCR. MISC./19073/2026bail granted

Anwar Sah @ Anwar Shah v. The State Of Bihar

2026-05-01Justice Smt. Soni Shrivastava3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19073 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2025 Thana- GOPALPUR District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Anwar Sah @ Anwar Shah S/o Noorain Sah @ Nurain Shah R/o VillageAhirauli Bubauli, Tola Takiya, P.S- Gopalpur, Dist- Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate :

Ms. Mili Kumari, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 01-05-2026 Heard Ms. Mili Kumari, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Jharkhandi Upadhyay, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks bail in a case registered for the offence punishable under Section 317(3) of the B.N.S. and Section 25(1-B)a, 26 of the Arms Act.

3. The prayer for bail has been renewed by way of present application pursuant to the liberty granted to the petitioner vide earlier order dated 24.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.66003 of 2025, wherein a liberty was granted to renew his prayer for bail after framing of charge. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that in the present case charges have been framed on 07.03.2023 (Annexure-P/3).

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19073 of 2026(3) dt.01-05-2026 2/3

4. The present case relates to recovery of firearms from the house of the petitioner and he had also been implicated in another case under Section 109 of the B.N.S. in which he has already been granted bail. It has further been submitted that there are some discrepancies in seizure list as the same has not been prepared in the presence of independent witness and the mandatory provisions of search and seizure have been, thus, violated. The petitioner is in custody since 24.05.2026 and he undertakes to co-operate in the trial.

5. Learned APP for the State opposed the grant of bail on the ground of criminal antecedents. However, in response it has been submitted that the petitioner is on bail in all the cases.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner has remained in custody for almost a year and he undertakes to co-operate in the trial, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gopalganj/concerned Court below in connection with Gopalpur P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025 subject to condition that:- (i) One of the bailors will be his own blood relative,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19073 of 2026(3) dt.01-05-2026 3/3 preferably, father, mother, brother, sister.

(ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in court on each and every date during trial and in the event of failure on two consecutive dates without sufficient reasons, his bail bonds shall be liable to be cancelled by the learned court concerned.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) anand/- U T