Anil Yadav @ Anil Prasad v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.24407 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-519 Year-2024 Thana- NOORSARAI District- Nalanda ====================================================== Anil Yadav @ Anil Prasad S/o Late Kuldeep Yadav R/o Village- Mujafra, PSIslampur, Distt- Nalanda ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Kamlesh Prasad Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Anant Kumar 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 02-05-2025 Heard Mr. Kamlesh Prasad Yadav, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Anant Kumar 1,, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 519 of 2024 registered under Section 303(2) and 317(2) of the BNS.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the petitioner has stolen the buffalo of the informant.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in the present case. He further submitted that the petitioner and the informant are close relatives and informant had taken Rs.31,000/- from the petitioner and when the petitioner demanded the same, the informant threatened him
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24407 of 2025(2) dt.02-05-2025 2/3 to implicate him in a false case. The buffalo has already been allegedly recovered from the house of the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedent. On these grounds, the petitioner seeks to be released on bail.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.
6. Considering the nature of allegation made in the FIR, as well as, the fact that recovery of stolen buffalo, belonging to the informant, has been made from the house of the petitioner and petitioner and informant are close relatives and also the fact that the Petitioner is having clean antecedent, I am of the opinion that the petitioner has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on anticipatory bail.
7. The learned District Court is directed to release the petitioner on anticipatory bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned JM Ist Class, Bihar Sharif, Nalanda in connection with Noorsarai P.S. Case No. 519 of 2024 , subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
8. The learned District Court is directed to verify
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.24407 of 2025(2) dt.02-05-2025 3/3 the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, as stated in paragraph no. 3 of the bail application. If any other case is pending against the petitioner, as what has been stated in paragraph no. 3, this order will lose its force automatically. (Purnendu Singh, J) Ashishsingh/- U T