Sahanbaz Ali @ Sunny v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.41469 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-2421 Year-2024 Thana- PATNA COMPLAINT CASE DistrictPatna ====================================================== Sahanbaz Ali @ Sunny S/O MD. HAIDER ALI Resident of Sabjibagh, Dargi Tola, Arya Kumar Road, P.S. Gandhi maidan, District - Patna-800 004 ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
The Secretary Shri Ramjanaki, Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurwadi Nyas Samiti, P.S.- Sri Krishnapuri, District -Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Shaishav Kumar, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Murli Dhar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 07-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in Complaint Case No. 2421 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 420, 467, 471 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that co-accused Nagendra Das, who is Pujari and Member of the Managing Committee of Sri Ram Janki Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurbari Nyash Samittee along with this petitioner and co-accused Mani Kant Kumar, committed illegal acts relating to temple management. Following complaints by co-villagers, the Bihar
2/4 Rajya Dharmic Nyash Parishad conducted an inspection, found the allegations to be true and constituted a new committee of 11 members. Despite directions of the committee to submit details of temple income and expenditure, co-accused Nagendra Das allegedly failed to comply the direction. It was found that advertising hoardings were installed in the temple premises and an agreement was executed between this petitioner, who is proprietor of Pooja Advertising Company. Investigation revealed that income from the hoardings was misused.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case merely because he happens to be proprietor of the advertisement company and his role was confined to installation of hoardings in the temple premises under a commercial arrangement. The present complaint has been filed by Secretary of Shri Ram Janki Siya Bihari Kunj Thakurbari Mandir against petitioner and other accused persons only with a view to malign the reputation of petitioner. So far as allegation of getting a portion of the Matha registered in the name of co-accused is concerned, it is pertinent to mention here that said land was earlier registered in the name of Mahanth Baidehi Nandani and after his death, same
3/4 was transferred in the name of his disciple Mahanth Baidehi Sharan and thereafter following the same tradition, as part of Guru-Shishya Parampara, the land was registered in the name of co-accused Nagendra Das by virtue of being his disciple, which was finally registered on 04.01.2006. Not a single farthing has been deposited in the personal account of this petitioner. Co-accused Nagendra Das has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 27.02.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 14439 of 2026 and coaccused Mani Kant Kumar has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 08.04.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 17740 of 2026. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, claim based on parity and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for anticipatory bail of petitioner is allowed.
7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender before the Trial Court within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-
4/4 bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate, Patna in connection with Complaint Case No. 2421 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T