Md. Qudus @ Qudus Abid v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.20725 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-226 Year-2025 Thana- BHARGAMA District- Araria ====================================================== Md. Qudus @ Qudus Abid S/O Late Md. Jalaluddin R/O Village- Akarthapa, Ward No.-8, P.S- Bhargama, Distt.- Araria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Navjot Yeshu, Advocate Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP For the Informant :

Md. Anwar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 24-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2), 118(2), 109, 303(2) & 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the prosecution case, on the date of occurrence, F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioner and 200 unknown persons armed with weapon came and started cultivating the land of the informant. On protest, the accused persons made indiscriminate firing causing injuries to some of the persons.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20725 of 2026(3) dt.24-06-2026 2/3

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to dirty village politics. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. There is case and counter case between the parties in which both the parties got injured. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by this Court vide order dated 22.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 26152 of 2026. Petitioner is an old man, aged about, 72 years having no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties, no specific allegation levelled against the petitioner, age of the petitioner and his clean antecedent, let the above named petitioner 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 bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Bhargama P.S. Case No. 226 of 2025, subject to

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.20725 of 2026(3) dt.24-06-2026 3/3 the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

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