Jatail Mahto @ Jatil Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.22747 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-141 Year-2025 Thana- CHIRAIYA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Jatail Mahto @ Jatil Mahto S/o Ramashrey Mahto Resident Of Village - Sapgarha, P.S. - Chiraiya, Distt- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

None For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Jagdhar Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 16-04-2026 No one appears on behalf of the petitioner. However, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025, dated 08.04.2025, lodged under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 117(2), 109, 303(2), 352 & 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "BNS, 2023").

3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against 17 named accused persons, including the present petitioner, alleging that all the accused persons abused and assaulted the informant and the son of the informant. It has been further alleged that the accused persons snatched a gold chain, Rs. 12,000/- in cash, and also took away 30 bags of wheat.

4. From the contents of the FIR, it transpires that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.22747 of 2026(2) dt.16-04-2026 2/2 allegations are general and omnibus in nature. It further transpires that a co-ordinate Bench of this Court has granted bail to one of the co-accused persons vide order dated 26.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 68448 of 2025.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

6. In the present facts and circumstances of this case and also considering the aspect that parity has to be maintained, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the satisfaction of Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Sikharana at Dhaka, East Champaran, in connection with Chiraiya P.S. Case No. 141 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023. (Dr. Anshuman, J.) Aman Kumar/- U T