Soni Acharya v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45144 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-113 Year-2025 Thana- SHAHKUND District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== 1.
Soni Acharya W/o Bablu Acharya @ Lalan Kumar Acharya, R/o Village - Basudeopur, P.S. - Shahkund, District - Bhagalpur 2.
Abhishek Acharya @ Abhishek Kumar S/o Chhotu Acharya @ Rajeev Ranjan Rajansh, R/o Village - Basudeopur, P.S. - Shahkund, District - Bhagalpur 3.
Ansh Acharya S/o Bablu Acharya @ Laln Kumar Acharya, R/o Village - Basudeopur, P.S. - Shahkund, District - Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Indeshwari Prasad Mandal, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Nawal Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER 08-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners seek bail, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 113 of 2025, dated 09.07.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 352 and 351(2) of BNS, 2023.
3. As per allegation, informant has been assaulted by the petitioners and other co-accused.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45144 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 2/3 case. He further submits that as a matter of fact, the present case has been filed by the informant as a counter blast to two earlier cases bearing Shahkund P.S. Case No. 101 of 2025 as well as Shahkund P.S. Case No. 142 of 2024 filed against the informant and his family members. He also submits that the nature of the injury as allegedly caused by the petitioner side is simple in nature.
5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioners have not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.
6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedent.
7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the petitioners for bail.
8. Considering the fact that two criminal cases have been filed by the petitioners' side against the informant's side and nature of the alleged injury being simple, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioners, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on their furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45144 of 2026(2) dt.08-07-2026 3/3 sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court Below, in connection with Shahkund P.S. Case No. 113 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023 and on the following conditions:
(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioners have any criminal antecedents, other than the disclosed one, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners after hearing them and getting satisfied that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents despite their knowledge of the same.
(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners.
(Jitendra Kumar, J.) ravishankar/- U T