Patna High Court
Gauri Shankar Shah @ Gauri Shankar SahversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- PARTLY ALLOWED (DISPOSAL)
- Bench
- ANSHUMAN
Holding
The court held that petitioner No.1 qualifies for anticipatory bail, whereas petitioners Nos.2 and 3 do not, pending their surrender and trial‑court determination.
Summary
The petitioners, three residents of Bijabani village, were named in FIR No.308 of 2025 under several sections of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging assault, robbery and threats. They applied for anticipatory bail, claiming innocence and clean antecedents, while the State opposed bail citing injuries recorded in the case diary. The High Court granted anticipatory bail to petitioner No.1, Gauri Shankar Shah, on condition of a Rs.30,000 bail bond and compliance with Section 2(1)(d) of the BNS, 2023, and subject to Section 482(2) conditions. The Court rejected the anticipatory bail applications of petitioners Nos.2 and 3, directing the trial court to decide their surrender‑cum‑bail applications promptly if they surrender within four weeks. The order reflects a differentiated approach based on the court’s assessment of the seriousness of the allegations against each petitioner.
Issues considered
- Whether petitioner No.1 is entitled to anticipatory bail under Section 2(1)(d) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
- Whether anticipatory bail should be denied to petitioners Nos.2 and 3 despite their surrender within the stipulated period.
- Whether the injury noted in the case diary justifies denial of bail for petitioners Nos.2 and 3.
Legislation cited
- Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 109(1), 115(2), 126(2), 127(2), 2(1)(d), 303(2), 3(5), 351(2), 352, 482(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal procedure
- Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Section 2(1)(d)
- Section 482(2)
- bail conditions
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21870 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-308 Year-2025 Thana- JITNA District- East Champaran
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1. Gauri Shankar Shah @ Gauri Shankar Sah S/o- Ram Bachan Shah @
Ramavachan Sah Resident of Village - Bijabani, P.S. - Jitna, District - East
Champaran
2. Monu Kumar @ Manu Kumar S/o- Suresh Shah @ Suresh Sah Resident of
Village - Bijabani, P.S. - Jitna, District - East Champaran
3. Sonu Kumar S/o- Suresh Shah @ Suresh Sah Resident of Village - Bijabani,
P.S. - Jitna, District - East Champaran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Madhurendra Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Rabindra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN
ORAL ORDER
2 08-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and
learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending arrest in
connection with Jitna P.S. Case No. 308 of 2025, dated
10.12.2025, lodged under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 352,
351(2), 303(2), 127(2) and 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita,
2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNS, 2023”).
3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against
seven named accused persons, including the present petitioners,
with specific allegations against petitioner Nos. 2 & 3 that they
have tied a gamcha around the neck and threatened to kill. The
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allegation of snatching a mobile phone and Rs. 7,000/- cash has
also been made. It has been further alleged that when the
informant’s brother reached, they all assaulted both the brother
and the informant with a lathi.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners are innocent and have committed no offence.
Counsel further submits that all the allegations made are not
correct and the petitioners have been made accused in this case
with an ulterior motive. Counsel further submits that the
criminal antecedents of the petitioners are clean.
5. Learned APP for the State, on the other hand,
opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioners and submits that
the Trial Court, at the time of passing the order of anticipatory
bail, has observed about the injury in the case diary.
6. As such, in the present facts and circumstances of
this case, let the petitioner No. 1, namely, Gauri Shankar Shah
@ Gauri Shankar Sah be released on anticipatory bail, in the
event of arrest or surrender before the Trial Court 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 Additional
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sikrahana at Dhaka, East Champaran
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at Motihari, in connection with Jitna P.S. Case No. 308 of 2025,
subject to the conditions as laid down U/s 482(2) of the BNSS,
2023.
7. So far as the bail applications of petitioner Nos. 2
& 3, namely, Monu Kumar @ Manu Kumar & Sonu Kumar, are
concerned, their bail applications are hereby rejected, with
liberty that, in case petitioner Nos. 2 & 3 surrender within four
weeks before the Trial Court, the Trial Court is directed to pass
an order on their surrender-cum-bail applications on the same
day, without being prejudiced by the fact that the anticipatory
bail of petitioner Nos. 2 & 3 has been rejected by this Court, and
the Trial Court shall pass an order on the merits of the case.
(Dr. Anshuman, J.)
Aman Kumar/-
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