Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Kumar Yadav v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.80366 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-73 Year-2025 Thana- Mabby District- Darbhanga ====================================================== Vikash Kumar @ Vikash Kumar Yadav Son of Bholi Yadav Resident of Village- Nihalpur, P.S.- Mabbi, District- Darbhanga ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Nilendu Kumar Choudhary, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Braj Kishore Pd., APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 09-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 110, 76, 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023 as well as Sections 3⁄4 of Witch Practices Act.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the offence for which the instant FIR was instituted carries punishment of seven years and less, as such, petitioner was given notice under Section 35(3) B.N.S.S. It is further submitted that petitioner during the course of investigation cooperated with the police and the police never felt the need of arresting the petitioner but then chargesheet came to be submitted based on which cognizance was taken thus, petitioner apprehends his

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.80366 of 2025(2) dt.09-12-2025 2/2 arrest. It is also submitted that chargesheet was also submitted under the same sections for which the FIR was instituted. It is next submitted that when police during the course of investigation never felt the need of arresting the petitioner and petitioner cooperated in the investigation, whether it would be prudent for the Court to send the petitioner to jail based on an order of cognizance.

4. Learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application.

5. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, let petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory 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 trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Mabbi P.S. Case No.73 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Sanjay/- U T