Patna High CourtCR. MISC./50216/2025bail granted

Bijali Mahto @ Bijuli Mahto v. The State Of Bihar

2025-09-24Mr. Justice Satyavrat Verma3 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50216 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-353 Year-2024 Thana- PANAPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Bijali Mahto @ Bijuli Mahto S/o- Late Gulzar Mahto Village- Methaura, P.S.- Panapur, District- Saran, Bihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjeet Tiwary For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad- A.P.P.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 24-09-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The case was taken up on 19.09.2025 and the same was fixed for today with a direction to the Station House Officer and the Investigating Officer of the case to remain physically present along with case diary, but today when the case is taken up, the S.H.O. and the Investigating Officer of the case are not present.

3. The Court will not wait endlessly for the case diary.

4. The petitioner seeks bail in anticipation of his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 352, 109, 3(5)of the B.N.S.

5. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50216 of 2025(4) dt.24-09-2025 2/3 the petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that as per prosecution case, on 16.11.2024, a Panchayati was going on with regard to a land dispute, when the accused persons along with the petitioner came and an altercation took place in which side of the petitioner assaulted the side of the informant with bricks, stones and sticks resulting in injury to several persons.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that no specific allegation of assault is alleged against the petitioner and petitioner is not a criminal.

7. Learned A.P.P. Sri Chandra Bhushan Prasad opposes the anticipatory bail application.

8. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks, is directed to be released on anticipatory bail on his furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Satendra Singh, the learned J.M., 1st Class, Saran, Chhapra in connection with Panapur P. S.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50216 of 2025(4) dt.24-09-2025 3/3 Case No.353 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.

9. The application stands allowed.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) vikash/- U T