Md. Abdul Karim @ Md. Karim v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39631 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-117 Year-2025 Thana- BALIGAON District- Vaishali ====================================================== Md. Abdul Karim @ Md. Karim S/o Imam Miyana R/o Village - Bahauddinpur, P.S. - Baligawan, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Pushp Raj Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Binod Kumar, A.P.P.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2)/191(3)/190/323/192/132/109/351(2)/326(b)/324(5)/324(
6) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3/7/9 of the Bihar Control and Consumption of Loudspeakers Act, 1955.
3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report lodged on 08.07.2025, is that the Moharam procession was going on along with loud DJ music and the National Patna Highway was blocked and movement of traffic was obstructed, in the meanwhile, a motorcycle rider hit the bus coming from Samastipur upon which the petitioner, along with other accused persons, put the bus on fire and also assaulted the bus driver.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39631 of 2026(2) dt.24-06-2026 2/3 petitioner, along with 32 other persons, have been named as accused in the FIR. He further submits that one of the coaccused, who was sitting on the motorcycle, has been granted anticipatory bail by a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Cr. Misc. No. 15314 of 2026, subject to the condition that the petitioner in the said case shall deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000/- in the Chief Minister's Relief Fund. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that coaccused person has been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail subject to the condition that petitioner shall deposit a sum of Rs. 5,000/- in the Chief Minister's Relief Fund through Demand Draft and the acknowledgment receipt be submitted before the learned trial Court at the time of furnishing bail bond.
6. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within eight weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.39631 of 2026(2) dt.24-06-2026 3/3 satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Hajipur at Vaishali, in connection with Baligaon Police Station Case No. 117 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and further subject to the aforesaid conditions.
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