Ankit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25896 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2025 Thana- GURUA District- Gaya ====================================================== 1.

Ankit Kumar S/o- Devandra Kumar Singh Vill- Tarawa Ps- Gurua, DistGaya 2.

Nankhu Singh @ Randhir Singh S/o- Ranjit Singh @ Ran Vijay Singh VillTarawa Ps- Gurua, Dist- Gaya 3.

Raju Singh @ Raju Kumar S/o- Vinod Prasad Vill- Tarawa Ps- Gurua, DistGaya ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Arvind Kumar Singh, Advocate Ms. Swati Parma, Advocate For the State :

Ms. Rita Verma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 07-05-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioners, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Gurua P.S. Case No.-24 of 2025 dated 17.01.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 127(1), 115(2), 299, 302 and 3(5) of B.N.S. and Section 37 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2018.

3. As per allegation, the accused-petitioners surrounded the informant and started forcing him to raise slogan in favour of Sri Ram, which he refused to do and hence,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25896 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 2/3 bitten by the accused-petitioners and fled away when the people came to rescue the informant.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. He further submits that there is no truth in the allegation and maximum punishment prescribed for the alleged offence is three years.

5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioners have not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.

6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

7. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioner for bail.

8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioners above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on their furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court Below, in connection

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25896 of 2025(2) dt.07-05-2025 3/3 with Gurua P.S. Case No.-24 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:

(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioners have any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners after hearing them and getting satisfied that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents despite their knowledge of the same.

(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners.

(Jitendra Kumar, J) shoaib/- U T