Raushan Kumar Singh @ Raushan Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47881 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-355 Year-2025 Thana- BAKHTIYARPUR District- Patna ====================================================== Raushan Kumar Singh @ Raushan Singh S/O Niranjan Singh Residen Of Naya tola, Madhopur, P.S- Bakhtiyarpur, Distt.- Patna, Bihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shashi Shekhar Shandilya, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Ms. Indu Kumari Srivastava, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 22-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Bakhtiyarpur P.S. Case No. 355 of 2025 lodged on 22.07.2025, for the offence punishable under Sections 316(2), 318(4) & 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, pending in the Court of A.C.J.M.-III, Barh.

3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against the sole petitioner. It has been alleged by the informant that the petitioner has stolen his e-rickshaw.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He submits that nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. Counsel submits that his name has inserted in this case due to dirty village politics. He also submits that the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.47881 of 2026(2) dt.22-07-2026 2/2 FIR has been lodged with a delay of about 12 days. He further submits that the petitioner has two criminal antecedents and in both the cases, he is on bail.

5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner and submits that the petitioner has two criminal antecedents and he was the driver of the said erickshaw which was purchased by the informant.

6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner stands rejected.

7. However, liberty is granted to the petitioner that if he surrenders before the concerned Trial Court within a period of six weeks from today then in that case, the Trial Court is directed to pass order on his surrender-cum-bail application on the same day, without being prejudiced by the fact that the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner has been rejected by this Court, and the Trial Court shall pass order on the merits of the case.

(Dr. Anshuman, J) Divyansh/- U T