Ajeet Kumar @ Ajeet Thakur @ Ajit Thakur @ Ajit Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 82107 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-248 Year-2025 Thana- SAHEBGANJ District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ajeet Kumar @ Ajeet Thakur @ Ajit Thakur @ Ajit Kumar Son of Late Rajendra Thakur. R/o Village - Parsauni Rais, P.S. - Sahabganj, Dist. - Muaffarpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Nachiketa Jha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Ms. Madhuri Lata, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SOURENDRA PANDEY ORAL ORDER 15-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Sahebganj P.S. Case No. 248 of 2025 registered for the offences under Sections 126(2), 115, 117(2), 74, 76, 329(3), 303(2), 352, 109, 651(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant has alleged that the named accused persons, including the petitioner, came to her house and started abusing her and upon her protest they assaulted her with lathi and danda. It is alleged that the petitioner threw the informant on the ground and started pressing her neck and thereafter assaulted her indiscriminately with an iron rod. It has further been alleged that the other
2/4 accused persons also snatched away her gold chain and assaulted her son.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in the present case on account of a pre-existing dispute between the families. It has next been submitted that the injury sustained by the informant was on her left forearm, which is not a vital part of the body, however, the said injury was found to be grievous in nature and the other injury has been found to be simple in nature. It has further been submitted that a perusal of the F.I.R. would show that there are general and omnibus allegations against all the accused persons without any specific role being attributed to the petitioner. Learned counsel further submits that the learned Additional Sessions Judge has already granted bail to the coaccused persons against whom allegations of snatching of gold chain and criminal intimidation have been levelled. It has lastly been submitted that the petitioner carries clean antecedent.
5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid submission, facts and circumstances of the case, let the petitioner above named be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender
3/4 before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/-(ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Sahebganj P.S. Case No. 248 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure read with corresponding Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S. as well as subject to the following conditions:- (i) One of the bailors of the petitioner shall be his close relative.
(ii) The petitioner shall remain physically present in Court on each date of the trial.
(iii) In case of absence on two consecutive dates, or in violation of the terms of the bail, the bail bond of the petitioner will be liable to be cancelled by the Court concerned.
(iv) If the petitioner is found involved in similar nature of offence in future, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move for cancellation of his bail bond. (v) The learned Court below shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at
4/4 any stage it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedent, the court below shall take step for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.
7. Accordingly, the prayer for anticipatory bail is allowed.
(Sourendra Pandey, J) aditya/- U