Abhishek Kumar @ Chhotu v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1335 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-206 Year-2025 Thana- RANIYATALAB District- Patna ====================================================== Abhishek Kumar @ Chhotu S/o Mukesh Prasad R/o Village - Maudahin, P.S - Rani Talab, District - Patna ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Muskan Singh, Adv For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Sanjay Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned A.P.P for the State.

2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under section 109, 3(5) of the BNS and section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the prosecution case, during the cricket match, when the winning team was being awarded by the Guest Anjani Singh, some unknown criminals opened indiscriminate firing at Anjani Singh due to which three persons Anjani Singh husband of Mukhiya, Kumari Rajani, Dharmendra Kumar and Vishwajeet Kumar were injured. After committing crime all the assailants fled away from the place of occurrence on Motorcycle. One of the criminal fled away leaving his motorcycle. Four empty cartridges, for live rounds pistol and

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1335 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 one Motorcycle were recovered on the spot. Hence the informant has registered the present case against unknown.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. The petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name has been surfaced on the basis of confessional statement of another accused which carries no evidentary value. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner has got no criminal antecedent as disclosed in Paragraph-3 of the application.

5. Learned A.P.P for the State and learned counsel for the informant opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and also taking note of the fact that petitioner is not named in the FIR, I am inclined to grant privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

7. Let the petitioner, as named above, in the event of his arrest or surrender within four weeks from today, be enlarged on 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1335 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 Patna in connection with Rani Talab P.S.Case No. 206 of 2025 subject to the conditions laid down under section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Surakshna Sanhita, 2023.

(Alok Kumar Sinha, J) N.K/- U T