Patna High Court
Sanoj Kumar Singh @ Sanoj KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was granted to petitioners 2 and 3 but denied to petitioner 1, Sanoj Kumar Singh.
Summary
The petitioners, Sanoj Kumar Singh, Raj Kumar Singh, and Randhir Kumar Singh, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case registered under multiple sections of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes (BNS) relating to assault, grievous hurt, and other offences arising from a land dispute. They claimed to have clean antecedents and alleged that the informant falsely implicated them, asserting that the FIR exaggerated the involvement of petitioners 2 and 3. The State opposed bail, emphasizing that petitioner 1, Sanoj, allegedly inflicted grievous injuries with a cudgel. The court, after considering the submissions, granted anticipatory bail to petitioners 2 and 3 subject to bond and surety conditions, but refused bail to petitioner 1. The decision was based on the seriousness of the alleged assault by petitioner 1 and the lack of sufficient justification for extending bail to him.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
- Whether the allegations against petitioners 2 and 3 are sufficient to deny anticipatory bail.
- Whether the alleged false implication and clean antecedent of the petitioners merit anticipatory bail.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- false implication
- land dispute
- grievous hurt
- Section 482
- Bihar Negotiable Statutes
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19194 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-364 Year-2025 Thana- BHAGWANPUR District- Vaishali
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1. Sanoj Kumar Singh @ Sanoj Kumar Son of Late Shiv Lal Singh R/o
Wafapur - Banthu, P.S. - Bhagwanpur, District - Vaishali.
2. Raj Kumar Singh Son of Bhagirath Singh R/o Wafapur - Banthu, P.S. -
Bhagwanpur, District - Vaishali.
3. Randhir Kumar Singh @ Randhir Kumar @ Randhir Singh Son of Bhagirath
Singh R/o Wafapur - Banthu, P.S. - Bhagwanpur, District - Vaishali.
... ... Petitioners
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Subhash Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ram Naresh Ray, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 07-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2),
191(3), 190, 115(2), 118, 303(2), 109, 352 and 351(2) of the
BNS.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that on 03.12.2025, he has gone on his land when
accused persons including the petitioners came and started
claiming the land as their, on objection, Sanoj (petitioner no. 1)
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assaulted him by kudal causing injury on head and Randhir
dashed him on the ground and when his brother Rajesh and
Muntun came to save him, when all the accused assaulted them
and Vikash took out Rs.5,000/- from the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by
the informant, it is next submitted that from perusal of the
allegation as alleged in the FIR it would manifest that on
account of dispute relating to land, the occurrence is alleged to
have taken place, it is also submitted that side of the informant
has also assaulted the side of the petitioner and Sanoj suffered
two injuries on head which have been opined to be grievous by
the doctor. It is fairly submitted that in the instant FIR, it is
alleged that Sanoj assaulted the informant by kudal causing
injury on head but then no specific allegation is alleged against
petitioner nos. 2 and the allegation against petitioner no. 3 is
exaggerated.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer
for anticipatory bail of the petitioners and submits that petitioner
no. 1 is alleged to have assaulted the informant by kudal causing
injury on head and the same has been opined to be grievous in
nature. It is also submitted that no doubt it has been submitted
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that even Sanoj suffered two grievous injuries on head but then
that in itself cannot be a ground for granting the privilege of
anticipatory bail to Sanoj.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the parties, the petitioner nos. 2 and 3, in the event
of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from
today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds
of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties
of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial
court where the case is pending/successor court in connection
with Bhagwanpur P.S. Case No. 364 of 2025 subject to the
conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
7. The court is not inclined to extend the privilege of
anticipatory bail to petitioner no. 1, namely, Sanoj Kumar Singh.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Gaurav Sinha/-
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