Md. Hasnain Ansari @ Alam v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86742 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-513 Year-2023 Thana- COMPLAINT CASE - SHERGHATI District- Gaya ====================================================== Md. Hasnain Ansari @ Alam Son of Md. Abdul Rajjak Ansari Resident of Village - Tetariya, P.S. - Imamganj, Dist. - Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
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The State of Bihar 2.
Md. Majid Ansari S/o Ismaeel Miyan Resident of Village- Taitariya, Tola - Fulaildih, P.S.- Imamganj, Dist.- Gaya ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. N. K. Agrawal, Sr. Advocate Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate Mr. Kumar Rajdeep, Advocate For the State :
Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP For the Complainant :
Mr. Mahendra Thakur, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-04-2026 Heard Mr. N. K. Agrawal, learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, learned APP appearing on behalf of the State and Mr. Mahendra Thakur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a complaint case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420, 406, 385, 504, 323 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Earlier, vide order dated 25.02.2026, the matter was referred to Mediation and Conciliation Centre, Patna High Court. From perusal of mediator's report dated 21.04.2026 it is
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86742 of 2025(4) dt.28-04-2026 2/3 apparent that despite best efforts, the dispute between the parties could not be resolved through the process of mediation.
4. The prosecution case, in brief, is that this petitioner, in collusion with other co-accused persons, took Rs. 30,00,000/- from the complainant on the pretext of registering a piece of land in his favour and later on, neither executed the sale deed nor returned the money.
5. It is submitted by learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. As a matter of fact, this petitioner, complainant and other co-accused person are business partners and are into business of real estate, however, due to dispute with regard to sharing of profits, quarrel took place between the parties leading to lodging of the instant case. Petitioner denies the allegations and submits that at no point of time, any money was paid by the complainant to this petitioner. There is no chit of paper on record to substantiate the allegations levelled against this petitioner. Moreover, the dispute is purely civil in nature and none of the acts allegedly committed by this petitioner would give rise to any criminal liability. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.
6. Learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86742 of 2025(4) dt.28-04-2026 3/3 the complainant/Opposite Party No. 2 have vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, materials available on record and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed.
8. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner 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 Judicial Magistrate First Class, Sherghati at Gaya in connection with Complaint Case No. 513 of 2023, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S..
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T