Gaurav Kumar @ Gaurav Chaudhary @ Gaurav Kumar Chaudhary v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.45514 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-156 Year-2026 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Gaurav Kumar @ Gaurav Chaudhary @ Gaurav Kumar Chaudhary S/o Late Arun Kumar Chaudhary @ Arun Chaudhary R/o Vill- Jahangirpur Salkhani, PS- Mahua, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Priya Ranjan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Gulnar Begum, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 17-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in connection with Mahua P.S. Case No. 156 of 2026, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 25(1-B)(a), 26, and 35 of the Arms Act, 1959.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that during a raid, there was a recovery of one country-made pistol from the house and four live cartridges from the almirah kept in the house of the petitioner. The wife of the petitioner was apprehended on the spot, while one person managed to flee away. The apprehended wife disclosed the name of the petitioner who had fled from the spot.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.45514 of 2026(2) dt.17-07-2026 2/2
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case and he has no knowledge about the alleged recovery.
5. Learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail, submitting that illegal arms and live ammunition have been recovered from the conscious possession/house of the petitioner, and he also carries a criminal antecedent of similar nature.
6. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and considering the facts and circumstances of the case, recovery of a country-made pistol along with four live cartridges from the house of the petitioner, as well as his criminal antecedent, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner stands dismissed.
(Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) rashmi/- U T