Sanjeet Mahto @ Ashutosh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77671 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-616 Year-2025 Thana- SONEPUR District- Saran ====================================================== Sanjeet Mahto @ Ashutosh Kumar S/o- Raj Kumar Mahto Resident of Village-Chitsenpur, Police Station-Sonpur, District-Saran at Chapra ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Shakti Suman Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Ram Bilash Roy Raman, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 28-11-2025

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

3. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sonpur P.S. Case no.616 of 2025 registered for the offence under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 118(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S, 2023.

4. As per the prosecution case, the informant states that the petitioner herein came to the house of the informant variously armed and started abusing the informant. On protest the petitioner assaulted the informant by means of axe causing injuries to him.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it would be apparent from the F.I.R that a petty dispute had taken place between the children which led to some scuffle between the parties, however injury report of the informant, which is annexed as Annexure-P/2 to the petition, indicates that injuries are simple in nature caused by hard and blunt object and thus,

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77671 of 2025(2) dt.28-11-2025 2/2 allegation of assault by means of axe also gets falsified. It is further submitted that parties gave compromised the matter which is Annexure-P/3 to the application. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent and undertakes to cooperate in investigation/trial.

6. The application for anticipatory bail is opposed by learned A.P.P. for the State.

7. Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the fact and also considering that injury sustained by the informant is simple in nature coupled with the fact that parties have compromised the matter, it is directed that the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail in connection with Sonpur P.S. Case no.616 of 2025 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 court concerned where the case is pending, subject to the condition laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure/Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, 2023.

(Soni Shrivastava, J) Harsh/- U T