Santu Kumar @ Santu Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42932 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-62 Year-2026 Thana- MAKHDUMPUR District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Santu Kumar @ Santu Yadav S/O Akhilesh Kumar @ Mahendra Yadav Resident of Village- Mira Bigha, P.S- Makhdumpur, (Tehta O.P), DistJehanabad. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
.. ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nityanand Neeraj, Advocate Ms. Kumari Anjani Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Prem Kumar Jha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 13-07-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection Makhdumpur (Tehta O.P.) with P.S. Case No. 62 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(1), 191(2), 191(3), 190, 115(2), 117(2), 125, 109(1), 298, 299, 351(3) of the BNS and 27 of the Arms Act.
3. The allegation in the FIR is that informant's party was assaulted by seven named and 40-50 unknown persons, on some communal background. The name of the petitioner is at serial No.6 of the FIR.
4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that there is no specific overt act
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42932 of 2026(2) dt.13-07-2026 2/2 attributed against the petitioner. The petitioner is one of the seven named accused persons in the FIR. He further submits that from perusal of FIR, it is not clear that any of the informant party has sustained injury or not. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail vehemently.
6. On due consideration of rival submission this Court is of the view that in the background of the alleged incident appears to be superficial, accordingly, above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial Court, within a period of four weeks of the order, is directed to be released on bail furnishing anticipatory bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ru-pees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned concerned Court below where the case is pending in connection with Makhdumpur (Tehta O.P.) with P.S. Case No. 62 of 2026 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) rishabh/- U T