Sujeet Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25037 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-305 Year-2025 Thana- BANKA District- Banka ====================================================== Sujeet Kumar Singh S/O Anil Kumar Singh R/O Village- Tarsand, Dharmapur, P.S.- Gaurabadsashahpur, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, Pin- 222107 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Keshab Raj, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 01-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Banka P.S. Case No. 305 of 2025 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 322, 3(5) of the BNS.
3. As per the prosecution case, co-accused Niranjan Kumar Yadav and Aman Kumar Ranjan halted construction on ancestral land of the informant by using forged documents created in collusion with the petitioner.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present first information report has been filed only on the basis of some apprehension that the petitioner and others are trying to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25037 of 2026(2) dt.01-05-2026 2/3 usurp his land by forcefully capturing the same on the basis of forged documents. The FIR itself indicates that certain documents with regard to genealogy has been found to be forged but the petitioner asserts that no agreement has ever been executed as alleged in the FIR and no registry has been done. It is further submitted that the case arises out of a civil dispute and the petitioner and the informant belong to the same family. It is further submitted that in case of any registry etc., the avenue of civil remedies is always open to the informant. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail.
6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that both the parties belong to the same family and civil remedies to the dispute are available, let the above named petitioner who has no criminal antecedent, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Banka
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25037 of 2026(2) dt.01-05-2026 3/3 P.S. Case No. 305 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Soni Shrivastava, J) priyanka/- U T