Sachidanand Singh @ Sachetanand Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.77212 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-144 Year-2025 Thana- MAHARAJGANJ District- Siwan ====================================================== Sachidanand Singh @ Sachetanand Singh S/o Virbahadur Singh, Resident of Village - Kalianpur, P.S - Maharajganj, District - Siwan. ... ... Petitioner

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ajay Kumar Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 27-11-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Maharajganj P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025, dated 24.03.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 308 and 109 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per allegation in the FIR, the petitioner who had been making a demand for extortion six months back from the informant and on 23.03.2025, he fired at the informant which although did not hit him, but while he was running he suffered injury on his knee and legs.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that informant himself has stated that six months back an extortion demand was made from the informant, however, no complaint had been lodged earlier with regard to the said demand. So far as the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.77212 of 2025(2) dt.27-11-2025 2/2 present incident is concerned, a false allegation of firing has been made upon the petitioner and no injury has been suffered by the informant and the petitioner has no criminal antecedent.

5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State on the other hand vehemently opposes the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case and further considering the fact that petitioner has clean antecedent, informant has sustained no injury and also considering that the ransom demand was made six months back for which no complaint had been filed earlier, let the petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court concerned within a period of four weeks, be released on anticipatory bail, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Siwan, in connection with Maharajganj P.S. Case No. 144 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482(2) of the BNSS. (Soni Shrivastava, J) Shahnawaz/- U T