Umesh Sahni @ Umesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31018 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-69 Year-2025 Thana- MANIGACHI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1.
Umesh Sahni @ Umesh Kumar S/o Lukhar Sahni Resident of VillageMakranda, P.S-Manigachi, District-Darbhanga, Bihar 2.
Vinod Sahni S/o Saukhi Sahni R/o Village - Makranda, P.S. - Manigachi, Dist. - Darbhanga, Bihar.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sumit Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Mohammed Arif ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioners are named in the F.I.R. and apprehending their arrest in connection with Manigachi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 329(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 303(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS.
3. As per FIR, petitioners along with other accused persons rushed to the house of the informant and brutally assaulted him. When the brother of the informant came to rescue informant, he was assaulted by the petitioners and others due to which he also sustained injury. There is further allegation of snatching of Rs. 5,000/- during the occurrence by the co-accused perseon.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31018 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/3
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that FIR contended that besides omnibus nature of allegation against five named accused persons including the petitioners the present case is nothing but instituted in order to save the skin from accusation made against the informant and others. It is further contended that the injuries which are allegedly sustained to the informant and his brother upon medical examination found simple in nature inasmuch as the same has been discussed in the impugned order which discloses that only a scratch on frontal scalp of 10 cm is found with the injured person Kailash Sahni. While concluding argument it is submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons has already granted anticipatory bail by one of the learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 81935 of 2025 vide order dated 15.12.2025.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer of bail.
6. In view of aforesaid factual submission and by taking note of delay in lodging the FIR, coupled with the fact as allegation appears general and omnibus in nature prima-facie negating intention to cause death, where similarly sitauted coaccused persons have already granted anticipatory bail through Cr. Misc. No. 81935 of 2025 dated 15.12.2025, accordingly both
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31018 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 3/3 above-named petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks, are directed to be released on bail, furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-VI, Darbhanga/concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Manigachi P.S. Case No. 69 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C/Section 482(2) of BNSS.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) Sudha/- U T