Teja Singh @ Tej Pratap Singh @ Taj Pratap Singh v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77297 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-184 Year-2025 Thana- AANDAR District- Siwan ====================================================== 1.
Teja Singh @ Tej Pratap Singh @ Taj Pratap Singh S/o Yadunath Singh R/o Village- Madeshilapur, PS- Andar, Distt- Siwan 2.
Amit Singh S/o Teja Singh @ Tej Pratap Singh R/o Village- Madeshilapur, PS- Andar, Distt- Siwan ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioners :
Mr. Ashok Singh, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Kumar Veerendra Narayan, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 21-04-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.
2. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to Petitioner No. 2, namely Amit Singh, has already been dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 11.02.2026.
3. Petitioner No. 1 apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 105 and 3(5) of the B.N.S..
4. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that on 25.06.2025, when son of informant was passing through the field of this petitioner, in the meantime, he got electrocuted due
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77297 of 2025(5) dt.21-04-2026 2/3 to the naked electric wire laid by this petitioner.
5. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. It is a case of accidental death. As a matter of fact, petitioner had laid electric wire in his fields since long for irrigation work and while passing through the fields, the son of informant accidentally came in contact with the same and got electrocuted. Petitioner is 75 years old and suffering from various ailments. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
6. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to Petitioner No. 1 is allowed.
8. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named Petitioner No. 1 be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Siwan in connection with Ander P.S. Case No. 184 of
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77297 of 2025(5) dt.21-04-2026 3/3 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T