Kaushal Kishor Pandey @ Kaushalkishore Pandey v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32701 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2024 Thana- TEGHRHA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Kaushal Kishor Pandey @ Kaushalkishore Pandey S/o Nawalkishor Pandey Resident of Village- Bahranwan, P.S.- Halsi, District- Lakhisarai (Bihar) ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Lalan Kumar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mrs. Sangeeta Sharma, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 13-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Teghara P.S. Case No. 20 of 2024 lodged on 22.01.2024, for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 324, 326, 302 & 34 of the Indian Penal Code and section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against three named accused persons including the present petitioner and five unknown persons with allegation that they all in connivance with each other have killed the informant's husband. It has been further alleged by the informant that a land dispute was going on between her husband and the petitioner and one
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32701 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 2/3 another accused person for which, the informant's husband had filed a case against them, due to which, there is every possibility that the accused persons have killed the informant's husband under a conspiracy.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel submits that in the murder case of the informant's husband, the petitioner has already accused and facing consequence of the said criminal case. He submits that in the present case, the name of the petitioner is there in the FIR but there is no act or overt act or allegation against the petitioner, save and except, the suspicion. He further submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is not clean as there is one case pending against him.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner but fairly submits that the petitioner is well known to the informant prior to commission of the offence. But, in the present case, there is no direct allegation against the petitioner, save and except, suspicion.
6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of this case, let the above named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32701 of 2026(2) dt.13-05-2026 3/3 bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 to the satisfaction of District & Sessions Judge, Begusarai, in connection with Teghara P.S. Case No. 20 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023. (Dr. Anshuman, J) Divyansh/- U T