Bindeshwari Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66648 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2024 Thana- KHARIK District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Bindeshwari Yadav S/o Late Shanichar Yadav R/o Village- Lattipur, P.S.- Kharik, District- Bhagalpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Rajesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 10-02-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 308(2), 308(5), 303(2), 109, 352 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a senior citizen, aged about 76 years and has antecedent of one case and allegation is of committing loot in multiple shops at Lattipur chowk, including that of the informant and also terrorized the area by firing 20-25 rounds and also threatened the shopkeepers to pay extortion of Rs.10,000/- each or face arson.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during the course of investigation based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also submitted that from perusal of the allegation, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the allegations are general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that petitioner is a senior citizen, aged about 76 years and came to be implicated in the instant case, based on confessional statement. It is also submitted that earlier also in similar manner, the petitioner was implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner is not a criminal and similarly situated co-accused Manish Kumar Yadav was granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by an order dated 01.08.2025 in Cr. Misc. No.52545/2025 passed by a learned Coordinate Bench.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66648 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2026 3/3 of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) amit/- U T