Tenni Nut v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.51358 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-263 Year-2025 Thana- RAJEPUR District- East Champaran ====================================================== Tenni Nut S/o Suresh Nut Resident of village - Chikohara Pul, P.S.- Sachivalaya, Distt.- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Jagdhar Pd., APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 29-07-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection with Rajepur P.S. Case No. 263 of 2025, dated 04.09.2025, lodged under Sections 331(4) & 305 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "BNS, 2023")
3. As per the prosecution, allegations of theft of cash amounting to Rs. 4,00,000/-, jewellery worth approximately Rs. 5,00,000/-, along with an Android mobile phone and clothes, have been made, which are the subject matter of the present case.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel further submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name has figured in the present case solely on the basis of the confessional statement of one Govind Kumar. Counsel also submits that the petitioner has a clean criminal antecedent. It has
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.51358 of 2026(2) dt.29-07-2026 2/2 been specifically pleaded that, during the investigation, nothing has been recovered from the petitioner's possession. Counsel further submits that the petitioner is merely a victim of false implication due to police maneuvering at the instance of his unknown enemies.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail but fairly submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and his criminal antecedent is clean.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, particularly the fact that the petitioner is not named in the FIR and his antecedent is also clean, let the above-named petitioner be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court within a period of 4 weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand) as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate-F.C., East Champaran, Motihari, in connection with Rajepur P.S. Case No. 263 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Aman Kumar/- U T