Patna High Court
Md. ShamshadversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- ANSHUMAN
Holding
The Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to a bond and conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.
Summary
The petitioner, Md. Shamshad, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case (Wajitpur PS Case No.86 of 2025) alleging his involvement in assault with a sharp weapon and other offences under the Bihar Negotiable Substances Act, 2023. The prosecution alleged that the petitioner and another accused attacked an informant, causing injuries, and also committed offences against the informant’s son. The petitioner contended he was innocent, asserting that he was himself injured and his hand broken on the same date, rendering him incapable of committing the alleged acts, and highlighted a separate case filed by his wife. The State opposed bail, citing a witness statement that the petitioner had already sustained injury. The Court, after considering the facts and the provisions of the BNSS, 2023, granted anticipatory bail subject to a Rs.30,000 bond and conditions under Section 482(2) of the Act.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under the Bihar Negotiable Substances Act, 2023.
- Whether the petitioner’s alleged injury and prior criminal antecedent preclude the grant of bail.
- Whether the prosecution’s evidence is sufficient to deny anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Bihar Negotiable Substances Act, 2023 — s. 109(1), 115(2), 118(2), 126(2), 2(1)(d), 3(5), 351(2), 352, 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal procedure
- Bihar Negotiable Substances Act
- assault
- injury
- prior criminal case
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.16821 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-86 Year-2025 Thana- Bajitpur District- Darbhanga
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Md. Shamshad R/o Md. Kalam @ Kamal R/o Village - Belahi, P.S. - Wajitpur,
Dist. - Darbhanga.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Ms.Madhumala Kumari, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Parmanand Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
ORAL ORDER
3 06-05-2026 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and
Learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending arrest in connection
with Wajitpur P.S. Case No.86 of 2025 lodged on 17.11.2025,
for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2),
118(2), 109(1), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S., 2023.
3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against
three named and two unknown accused persons including the
present petitioner with allegation that the petitioner and one
other accused have caught the informant and thereafter, accused,
namely, Saqlain has assaulted by sharp cutting weapon on the
informant’s head due to which injury has been caused. The
accused persons have also commmitted offence with the son of
the informant for which another case bearing Case No.65 of
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2025 has been lodged.
4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Counsel
also submits that the occurrence alleged to be taken place on
12.11.2025 for which present FIR has been lodged. He further
submits that for the same date and place of occurrence, a
criminal case has already been lodged by the wife of the
petitioner on 16.11.2025 against the informant and others in
which petitioner was brutally injured and he was admitted to
hospital. He further submits that when the petitioner was injured
and his hand was broken then there is no question of any
commission of act as alleged in the FIR.
5. Counsel submits that the criminal antecedent of the
petitioner is not clean as there is one criminal case pending
against him in which he is on bail. He further submits that case
diary has been called for for ascertaining the fact of this case.
6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for
bail of the petitioner and submits that in the case diary,
paragraph 101 indicates the independent witness of the same
village, who has intimated that injury has already been caused to
the petitioner due to which treatment was going on.
7. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of
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this case, let the above named petitioner be released on
anticipatory bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the
learned Court below within a period of 4 weeks from today, on
furnishing bail bond of Rs.30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand)
as mentioned in Section 2(1)(d) of the BNSS, 2023 to the
satisfaction of J.M., Darbhanga in connection with Wajitpur P.S.
Case No.86 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down U/s
482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.
(Dr. Anshuman, J)
Prakashmani/-
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