Bikki Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.44243 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-22 Year-2026 Thana- PALI District- Jehanabad ====================================================== Bikki Kumar, Son of Vidya Bhushan Yadav, Resident of Village- Bibipur, P.S.- Pali in the district of Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Pali P.S. Case No. 22 of 2026 registered for the offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 303(2), 109(1), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he, along with other named accused persons, brutally assaulted the informant and even snatched away gold ornaments.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case with general and omnibus allegations of assault and so far as the specific allegation of assaulting the informant with a lathi on the head is concerned, the same is attributed to one Jitendra Kumar.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44243 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/3 Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the other injuries found on the body of the informant were merely a bruise on the right shoulder and whole body ache and the injuries were opined to be simple in nature. It has been submitted that the allegations of snatching of gold ornaments are all super additions and no such incident, as alleged, had occurred. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioner has clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the submissions advanced on behalf of the parties, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Pali P.S. Case No. 22 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his close
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.44243 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 3/3 relative.
(ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in Court on each date of the trial.
(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned.
(iv) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of his bail bond.
(v) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the abovementioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.
7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.
8. It is made clear that the observation, if any, made in this order, shall be of no bearing during the trial. (Sourendra Pandey, J) manoj/- U T