Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Sahni v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76798 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-211 Year-2024 Thana- KURSAILA District- Katihar ====================================================== Ankit Kumar @ Ankit Sahni S/o Lukho Sahani R/o village - Kheria Sahni Tola, P.S - Kursela, District - Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Bhola Prasad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Navin Kumar Pandey, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 16-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 140(1) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per prosecution case, informant suspects that all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, kidnapped her son and killed him.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Informant is not an eye witness of the alleged occurrence and only suspicion has been raised against this petitioner. Moreover, the present F.I.R. has been lodged after inordinate delay of 25 days and there is no plausible explanation for the same. It is further submitted that similarly

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76798 of 2025(2) dt.16-01-2026 2/2 situated co-accused, namely, Sudhir Kumar has already been granted anticipatory bail by this Hon'ble Court vide order dated 11.08.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 29663 of 2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, nature of accusation, delay in lodging of the F.I.R. and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, Katihar in connection with Kursela P. S. Case No. 211 of 2024, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T