Patna High CourtCR. MISC./34182/2025rejected

Vijay Kumar (Amin No. 55) @ Vijay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-08-13Justice Smt. Soni Shrivastava2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.34182 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-502 Year-2017 Thana- BEGUSARAI MUFFASIL DistrictBegusarai ====================================================== Vijay Kumar (Amin No. 55) @ vijay Kumar Son of Maheshwar Mahto village- Harichak, Ps- Bhagwanpur, Dist- Begusarai ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Braj Bhusan Poddar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Uma Shankar Prasad Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 13-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 167, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It appears that the petitioner was granted privilege of anticipatory bail way back in the year 2018 by a well reasoned order dated 24.08.2018 passed in Cr. Misc. No.34581 of 2018. However, pursuant to the same, the petitioner did not surrender and furnish the bail bonds.

4. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that he did not have knowledge of the legal process, hence, he could not surrender before the learned Court below. This

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.34182 of 2025(3) dt.13-08-2025 2/2 contention is fit to be rejected as he cannot take advantage of any ignorance of the legal process and the presumption would be that he would be informed by his counsel or others with regard to the legal process.

5. Considering the fact that after the year 2018, the present application for anticipatory bail has been renewed in the year, 2025, this Court is not inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Accordingly, this application is rejected.

7. However, if the petitioner surrenders within a period of three weeks and seeks regular bail, the same shall be considered on its own merits and also taking into consideration that the petitioner had been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by an earlier order.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) Trivedi/- U T