Afzal @ Mohammad Afzal v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.86367 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-189 Year-2025 Thana- CHAKIA District- East Champaran ====================================================== Afzal @ Mohammad Afzal S/o Nizamuddin Resident of Village- Harpurnag, P.S.- Mehsi, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sunil Kumar No.Iii, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Nand Kishore Prasad, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 18-02-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 132, 125, 109, 121(1), 352 and 351(2) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that a woman died on account of an accident committed by an unknown car, as such, accused persons started creating ruckus and jammed the N.H., accordingly, the police force reached when the accused persons assaulted the S.I. who was injured but the situation was brought under control, further the accused persons including the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86367 of 2025(2) dt.18-02-2026 2/3 petitioner were identified by Chowkidar and local representative from the video footage.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that no doubt the petitioner came to be identified based on video footage but then the petitioner lives adjacent to the place of occurrence and when ruckus was being created by the villagers, the petitioner out of inquisitiveness came to the place of occurrence and thus was videographed. It is next submitted that it is not the case of the prosecution that petitioner in the video footage was found assaulting the S.I.
5. The learned APP for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent, let petitioner, above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender 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
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.86367 of 2025(2) dt.18-02-2026 3/3 in connection with Chakia P.S. Case No. 189 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application is allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T