Nagendra Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19907 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-458 Year-2025 Thana- BAHERA District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.

Nagendra Jha Son of Late Ram Sevak Jha Resident of Village - Bahera, Ward No.2, Police Station - Bahera, District - Darbhanga. 2.

Raghav Kumar Jha @ Raghav Jha Son of Nagendra Jha Resident of Village - Bahera, Ward No.2, Police Station - Bahera, District - Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State.

2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 331(4), 305(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per F.I.R., informant suspects that all the named accused persons, including these petitioners, committed theft in is house. During investigation, certain stolen articles were recovered from the house of petitioner no. 1.

4. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence. As a matter of fact, petitioner no. 1 is priest by profession and the seized articles

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19907 of 2026(2) dt.07-04-2026 2/2 were given to him by the informant as 'Daan' which informant, later on, declared as stolen. No stolen article has been recovered from the conscious possession of petitioner no. 2 and petitioners have been made accused in this case due to prior dispute. Petitioners claim clean antecedent.

5. Considering the nature of accusation and recovery of stolen articles, prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner no. 1 is refused.

6. However, considering the fact that no stolen article has been recovered from petitioner no. 2, the anticipatory bail with regard to petitioner no. 2 is allowed and it is ordered that the above named petitioner no. 2 in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate II, Benipur, Darbhanga in connection with Bahera P. S. Case No. 458 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T