Bilas Yadav @ Vilash Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37715 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-26 Year-2026 Thana- RANIGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== 1.
Bilas Yadav @ Vilash Yadav S/o Feku Yadav Resident of Village - Bagulaha, Ward No.-3, P.S.- Raniganj, District - Araria. 2.
Ranjeet Kumar @ Sanjeev Kumar S/o Feku Yadav Resident of Village - Bagulaha, Ward No.-3, P.S.- Raniganj, District - Araria. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Adv.
Mr. Md. Danish Quamar, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Kumar Ranjit Ranjan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 01-07-2026 Heard Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, learned Counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 26 of 2026 for the offence registered under sections 338, 336(3), 340(2), 61(2), 3(5) of BNS.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant alleged that Feku Yadav prepared a forged kewala in the year 1962 and later, in the year 2025, it was submitted for mutation. Upon suspicion and on the advice of the local Circle Officer, the FIR.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioners submit that allegation of forged kewala is against Feku Yadav who is father of the two petitioners, they were not even born in the year 1962
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37715 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 2/3 but only because they belong to the same family, got implicated.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Taking into account the submissions aforesaid as also that the veracity of the document can be considered by a Competent Court, main allegation is against Feku Yadav, these two petitioners are his son, the matter relates to the year 1962, in that background, this Court is inclined to grant them the anticipatory bail with conditions.
7. Let the petitioners in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the order, shall be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned A.C.J.M.-1, Araria in connection with Raniganj P.S. Case No. 26 of 2026 subject to condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
(i) one of the bailor should be the family members/relatives of the petitioners, who shall provide official document (Aadhar Card, PAN Card, Driving License, Voter ID) to show his bona fide;
(ii) the petitioners shall appear on each and every date
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.37715 of 2026(2) dt.01-07-2026 3/3 before the Trial court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his bail bond by the Trial court itself;
(iii) the petitioners shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioners shall desist from committing any criminal offence again failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds. (Rajiv Roy, J) Vijay Singh/- U T