Patna High Court
Nejamuddin Mian @ Nejamodin Hussain @ BilatversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was denied as the allegations were grave and the evidence indicated the petitioner’s involvement in the alleged offence.
Summary
The petitioner, Nejamuddin Mian, applied for anticipatory bail after being implicated in a police case alleging his involvement in a stolen motorcycle racket. The FIR, registered under Sections 317(5), 318(4), 336(2), 338, 336(3) and 347(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, claimed that the petitioner, along with his father, purchased stolen motorcycles, altered their number plates and sold them for profit. The petitioner argued that he was falsely implicated due to village politics and lack of independent evidence, while the prosecution asserted his active participation in the crime. The court examined the seriousness of the allegations and the absence of any material suggesting the petitioner’s innocence. Concluding that the nature and gravity of the accusations warranted denial of bail, the court rejected the anticipatory bail application.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner given the allegations under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Whether the evidence on record, primarily police testimony, is sufficient to justify denial of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 317(5), 318(4), 336(2), 336(3), 338, 347(1)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- motorcycle theft
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- criminal procedure
- bail jurisprudence
- police investigation
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1981 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-274 Year-2025 Thana- MALAHI District- East Champaran
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Nejamuddin Mian @ Nejamodin Hussain @ Bilat S/o- Mohammad Main @
Mohhamad Hussain R/V- Mamrakha Mamarajga Bhaiya Tola PS- Malahi
Dstrict-East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Kundan Rathore Alias Kundan Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Madhuri Lata
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
4 06-05-2026 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail,
arises out of Malahi Police Station Case No. 274 of 2025,
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 317(5),
318(4), 336(2), 338, 336(3) and 347(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya
Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution story in brief is that the informant
stated in a written application before the SHO that on patrolling
duty on 20.08.2025, at about 17:25 P.M., they received secret
information regarding the sale of a motorcycle. On the basis of
the said information, he informed the higher officials and
proceeded to enquire into the matter. When they reached the
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place of occurrence, they saw two persons standing with a
motorcycle. On seeing the police, the accused persons tried to
flee away; one person fled, and one person was apprehended by
the police. During interrogation, the apprehended person
disclosed that the person who had fled away was the petitioner,
namely Nejamuddin Mian @ Nejamodin Hussain @ Bilat, who
is his son.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated due to
village politics and police high-handedness. The petitioner is the
son of arrested co-accused who is already in custody. The
petitioner had no knowledge of the occurrence, and nothing has
been recovered from the conscious physical possession of the
petitioner. There is no independent witness except police
personnel. The petitioner has been implicated only on account
of his two antecedents of excise case.
5. Learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State
vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits
that the petitioner, in connivance with the arrested co-accused,
who is the father, used to purchase stolen motorcycles at low
price, change their number plates, and thereafter sell the same at
higher prices for wrongful gain.
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6. Considering the nature and gravity of the
allegations made in the FIR, that the petitioner, in connivance
with the arrested co-accused, used to purchase stolen
motorcycles at low prices, change their number plates, and
thereafter sell the same at higher prices for wrongful gain, I am
not inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Accordingly, the prayer for bail is rejected.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
Siwani/-
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