Nawneet Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.31342 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-81 Year-2022 Thana- DARIHAT District- Rohtas ====================================================== Nawneet Kumar Son of Gurudev Thakur R/O Village - Olha, P.O.- Mehta Tola, P.S.- Harsiddhi, District - East Champaran. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Amit Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Satya Nand Shukla, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 07-05-2026 Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Darihat P.S. Case No. 81 of 2022 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 379, 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, lodged on 24.04.2022 by the informant Santosh Tiwari.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that while working with the Ashoka Buildcon Limited, electric materials were loaded on the Tractor from the Ashoka Buildcon Limited store located at Sasaram and departed for Dharhara, it reached there and as it was evening time, unloading could not took place. However, in the morning, one of the Tractor was missing and despite several attempt, this petitioner could not be contacted. This led to the F.I.R.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is a labour and tie up with the informant who had not
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.31342 of 2026(2) dt.07-05-2026 2/2 given certain pending amounts and only due to enmity, the implication.
5. Learned APP on the other hand opposes the prayer submitting that the F.I.R. is of the year 2022, the anticipatory bail of the petitioner was rejected in the year 2024 by the learned Sessions Judge and four years from the lodging of the F.I.R., two years after the rejection of the anticipatory bail, the present case.
6. Taking into account the aforesaid submission of the parties as also the allegation that has come against the petitioner, couple with the delay, no relief can be extended to the petitioner.
7. The anticipatory bail application stands rejected.
8. However, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of four weeks, files bail application, the court concerned shall consider the matter and dispose it of preferably on the same day.
(Rajiv Roy, J) vinayak/- U T