Ajit Kumar Anand @ Avadiya @ Awadesh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70861 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-72 Year-2020 Thana- KAJRAILI District- Bhagalpur ====================================================== Ajit Kumar Anand @ Avadiya @ Awadesh Yadav, S/o Sitaram Yadav, Resident of Village-Mansar, P.S- Madusudanpur, Distt.- Bhagalpur. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Rishup, Advocate Mr. Manoj Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 09-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

2. The accused/petitioner is named in the FIR and apprehending his arrest in connection with Kajraili P.S. Case No.72 of 2020 registered under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. As per FIR, a headless body of unknown lady was recovered by Rajendra Paswan, who is the Choukidar of Circle No.2 and informant of present case. The dead body appears 6-7 days old was almost decomposed. A suspicion raised through FIR that after committing murder somewhere else, the dead body was thrown at the place from where it

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70861 of 2025(4) dt.09-01-2026 2/3 was recovered, with intention to disappear the evidence regarding crime in question.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing for petitioner that the name of petitioner transpired in this case after four and half years of lodging of the FIR during the course of investigation on the basis of confessional statement of co-accused Sanjay Mandal. It is submitted that several co-accused persons and even the husband of deceased has been granted bail by this Court and, therefore, investigation of this case is almost concluded on all material aspects, no further interrogation of petitioner is required. The petitioner claimed clean antecedent.

5. Learned APP opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail.

6. In view of aforesaid factual submissions and by taking note of fact as the name of the petitioner prima facie appears in this case after about four and half years of lodging of the FIR that too on the basis of confessional statement of coaccused, where almost investigation prima facie

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.70861 of 2025(4) dt.09-01-2026 3/3 appears concluded on all material aspects, accordingly, the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender in the court below within a period of four weeks from today, is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhagalpur in connection with Kajraili P.S. Case No.72 of 2020, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (in short 'CrPC')/under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (in short 'BNSS').

(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.) Sanjeet/- U T