Sanjay Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26240 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-264 Year-2025 Thana- PIPRA District- Supaul ====================================================== 1.
Sanjay Yadav S/O Suren Yadav @ Surendra Yadav R/O Village- Pathra South Ward no. 2, P.S.- Pipra, District- Supaul. 2.
Prashant Kumar @ Deepak Kumar S/O Laleshwar Yadav R/O VillagePathra South Ward no. 2, P.S.- Pipra, District- Supaul. 3.
Parvati Devi W/O Suren Yadav @ Surendra Yadav R/O Village- Pathra South Ward no. 2, P.S.- Pipra, District- Supaul. 4.
Vikas Kumar @ Niraj Kumar S/O Bhola Yadav R/O Village- Sukhasan , P.SSingheswar, Distt.- Madhepura. 5.
Munna Kumar @ Ankesh Kumar S/O Bhola Yadav R/O Village- Sukhasan, P.S.- Singheswar, Distt.- Madhepura.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Chandra Shekhar Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ajit Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend arrest in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 264 of 2025 dated 08.08.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 127(2), 126(2), 61(2), 109, 351(3), 303(2), 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in short, is that on account of land dispute, the accused persons had developed animosity towards the informant and were frequently visiting his residence, hurling abuses, extending threats to his life and attempting to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26240 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 2/3 obstruct the mutation proceedings and that a Panchayat convened by the informant failed to yield any resolution and further on the alleged date of occurrence, when the informant along with his brothers, namely, Pappu Kumar Chauhan and Bablu Chauhan had gone to the Pipra Circle Office on two motorcycles for the purpose of mutation but returned due to absence of staff and while returning at about 01:00 PM, upon reaching approximately 100 meters east of a gravel and Sand Mixer Plant near the main toll between Nirmali and Pathra on NH-327M within Pipra Police Station jurisdiction, they were allegedly intercepted by three unknown persons riding an Apache motorcycle, who surrounded them, abused and threatened them for purchasing the disputed land and assaulted the informant as well as his brother and one of them allegedly fired a shot from a firearm with an intention to kill the informant, which missed the target and during the course of the occurrence, a sum of 11,000/- was allegedly snatched from the ₹ informant's pocket.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and they have been falsely implicated in this case. It is submitted that on perusal of the F.I.R. itself, it would appear that there is land dispute between the parties and due to which the petitioners have been made accused in this case. There is specific allegation against three unknown accused persons. The
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26240 of 2026(2) dt.22-04-2026 3/3 petitioners have no concern with the said accused persons. It is further submitted that the petitioners have no concern with the said motorcycle which was used in the said occurrence. Further, it is submitted that there is no material in the case diary to connect the petitioners in the present case. Lastly, it has been submitted that petitioner no. 1 has one criminal case against him and petitioner nos. 2 to 5 have no criminal antecedents.
5. Learned A.P.P. has opposed the prayer for bail of the petitioners.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest / surrender of the petitioners within a period of six weeks from today, in connection with Pipra P.S. Case No. 264 of 2025, they shall be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate-Ist Class, Supaul, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S..
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