Patna High Court
Sittu Kumar @ Sittu YadavversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
Holding
Anticipatory bail was refused.
Summary
The petitioner, Sittu Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail after being named in FIR No.365 of 2024 for alleged indiscriminate firing that resulted in the death of an informant’s father. The prosecution alleges that Kumar, along with twelve co‑accused, fired upon the victim under sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 103(1), 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 27 of the Arms Act. The petitioner contended he was innocent, not an eye‑witness, and was implicated only on suspicion. The State opposed bail, emphasizing the specific accusations in the FIR and the petitioner’s five prior criminal antecedents. Considering the direct allegations and the antecedents, the Court refused the anticipatory bail application.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner given the specific accusations under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act and his prior criminal antecedents.
Legislation cited
- Arms Act — s. 27
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 103(1), 190, 191(2), 191(3), 61(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- bail refusal
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Arms Act
- criminal antecedents
- murder
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30269 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-365 Year-2024 Thana- SULTANGANJ District- Bhagalpur
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Sittu Kumar @ Sittu Yadav S/O Bhutti Yadav @ Kamleshwari Yadav R/O
Village- Tilakpur, P.S.- Sultanganj, Dist.- Bhagalpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Parmanand Pd. Nr. Sahi, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Bharat Lal, A.P.P.
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 12-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in Sultanganj P. S.
Case No. 365 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable
under Sections 190, 191(2), 191(3), 103(1), 61(2) of the
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. As per prosecution case, petitioner and 12 other co-
accused persons surrounded father of the informant and resorted
to indiscriminate firing upon him. Father of the informant
received two gun shot wounds and fell down. The miscreants
also fired upon the informant who somehow saved himself but
father of the informant died due to gun shot wounds.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. Informant
is not an eye witness to the occurrence and petitioner has been
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made accused in this case only on suspicion.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed
the bail application and submitted that petitioner is named in the
F.I.R. with specific accusation that he along with other accused
persons made indiscriminate firing upon the father of informant,
resulting in his death and petitioner has got five criminal
antecedents.
6. Considering the direct and specific accusation and
criminal antecedents, prayer for anticipatory bail of the
petitioner is refused.
(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)
Navya/-
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