Dhananjay Yadav @ Chhotu Yadav @ Dhananjay Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.84720 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-278 Year-2025 Thana- Marnga District- Purnia ====================================================== 1.

Dhananjay Yadav @ Chhotu Yadav @ Dhananjay Kumar S/o- Late Ravindra Prasad Yadav @ Late Ravindra Yadav @ Late Ravin Yadav R/o VillageMaranga Ward No 08 P.s- Maranga District-Purnea 2.

Rakesh Kumar @ Rakesh Yadav @ Raka S/o- Gandhari Yadav R/vMaranga, W.No-8, Ps- Maranga Dist- Purnea ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioners :

Mr. Pawan Kumar, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State.

2. The prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to Petitioner No. 2 has already been dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 19.01.2026.

3. Petitioner No. 1 apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 111(2) and 109 of the B.N.S. and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

4. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that on 15.08.2025 at about 6 PM, all the F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, came and started firing

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.84720 of 2025(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/2 indiscriminately due to which a child was shot in the thigh and a bullet grazed the temporal region of a woman.

5. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case with village politics.

6. On the other hand, learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner and submitted that petitioner is named in the F.I.R. with specific accusation that he, along with other accused persons, made indiscriminate firing due to which several persons sustained fire arm injuries. Petitioner has got 8 criminal antecedents out of which some are of similar nature.

7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, specific and direct nature of accusation, gravity of offence and criminal antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to Petitioner No. 1 is rejected. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) shashank/- U T