Saroj Kumar @ Saroj Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37341 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-381 Year-2025 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Saroj Kumar @ Saroj Kumar Singh son of Dharichan Singh Resident Of Village -Chaurasani Ps- Udwantnagar Dist - Bhojpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Aryan Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-07-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 381 of 2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 318(4),338,336(3) and 340(2) of the BNS.
3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the petitioner has held a fake arms licence for personal gain.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that in absence of any recovery of alleged fake arms licence, which the petitioner has used, no case is made out. Learned counsel further submitted that there is violation of Section 13 of the Arms Act and as such, the allegation does not sustain. Petitioner has clean antecedent. On
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5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail.
6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the FIR, I find that this is the one case in which the police has unauthorisidely taken up the law. No fake arms licence was recovered, nor any complaint was lodged by any agency, which has been alleged in the FIR that the petitioner was found using a forged licence, I am of the opinion that petitioner, who has clean antecedent, has, prima facie, made out a case to be released on pre-arrest bail.
7. The petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned District Court within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur / Concerned Court in connection with /Udwant Nagar P.S. Case No. 381 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
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8. The learned District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases, as what has been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail application, this order will automatically lose its force. (Purnendu Singh, J) Sanjay/- U T