Mayanand Sutihar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.81069 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-334 Year-2025 Thana- PALASI District- Araria ====================================================== Mayanand Sutihar Son of Hit Lal Sutihar Resident of Village - Kachmoh, Police Station - Palasi, District - Araria.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Rana, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Md. Fahimuddin, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER 08-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered under Sections 329(4), 126(2), 115(2), 303(2), 326(g), 76, 352, 351(2)(3) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

3. As per the F.I.R., the petitioner along with other named accused persons abused and assaulted the informant and her family members and also outraged the modesty of female family members. It is further alleged that the accused persons set fire over the residential house cum tractor house of the informant causing damage of about Rs.1,00,000/-.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case due to land dispute. Further submission is that petitioner has earlier lodged a case bearing Palasi P.S. Case No. 332 of 2025 against the informant and his family members under various sections including Section 109 of

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.81069 of 2025(2) dt.08-01-2026 2/2 B.N.S., and in order to save skin from the said case, on retaliation, informant has lodged the present case making false allegation against the petitioner. F.I.R. has been lodged after a delay of two days without any plausible explanation, which itself creates a doubt over the veracity of the prosecution case. Petitioner has got no criminal antecedent and he undertakes to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposed the prayer for bail.

6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the above named petitioner be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Araria in connection with Palasi P.S. Case No. 334 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita. (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J) utkarsh/- U T