Jhunjhun Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.90574 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-138 Year-2025 Thana- JOGAPATTI District- West Champaran ====================================================== Jhunjhun Kumar S/O Chhotelal Mahato R/O Village- Ward No. 19, Fatehpur, Police Station- Yogapatti, District- West Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Md. Shakir Ahmad, A.P.P.
For the Informant :
Mr. Niraj Kumar Sharma, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 24-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, informant and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 308(2), 308(3), 352, 351(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.
3. As per F.I.R., informant received extortion calls of Rs. 10 lacs from four unknown mobile numbers.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is neither owner nor holder of the mobile numbers from which the alleged extortion calls were made. Petitioner has got one criminal antecedent of Excise Act, in which he is on bail.
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.90574 of 2025(4) dt.24-03-2026 2/2
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State as well as learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the bail application.
6. Considering backdrop of the case and nature of accusation, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Yogapatti P. S. Case No. 138 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Navya/- U T