Md. Sanu @ Md. Ehtesham Akhtar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32263 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-117 Year-2025 Thana- BALIGAON District- Vaishali ====================================================== Md. Sanu @ Md. Ehtesham Akhtar son of Md. Rashid @ Md @ Nasim Akhtar Resident of Vill -Rasalpur Kaba PS -Baligaon Dist -Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Umesh Kumar Yadav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Uday Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 323, 192, 132, 109, 351(2), 326 (b), 324 (5), 324 (6) of the B.N.S and under Sections 3, 7, 9 of the Bihar Control and Consumption of Loudspeakers Act.
3. As per prosecution case, on the alleged date of occurrence, moharram procession was going on along with loud D.J. music and the National Highway was blocked and movement of traffic was obstructed, in the meantime, a motorcycle rider hit the bus coming from Samastipur upon which petitioner and other accused persons put the bus on fire and assaulted the bus driver.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case due to village politics. No specific allegation is made against the petitioner. The F.I.R. was lodged after a delay of two days without any plausible explanation. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 08.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.18635 of 2026. Petitioner has no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and the trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of learned counsel for the parties and the fact that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted bail by a coordinate bench of this Court, and clean antecedent of the petitioner, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st, Vaishali at Hajipur in connection with Baligoan P.S. Case No. 117 of 2025, subject to
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(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) Harish/- U T