Patna High Court
Ajit Kumar @ LalluversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
Anticipatory bail is appropriate where the investigating agency has exonerated the accused, and the court may grant bail under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C.
Summary
The petitioner, Ajit Kumar, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case involving offences under several IPC sections arising from a dispute between rival gitti sellers that led to firing and injuries. He claimed a clean record and asserted that the informant falsely implicated him, noting that the police investigation (Final Form No. 1065 of 2024) exonerated him and two others. The trial court, however, took cognizance of the FIR despite the police report. The petitioner argued that it would be unjust to incarcerate him when the investigating agency had cleared him. The State opposed the bail. The High Court, after considering the submissions, granted anticipatory bail subject to bond and surety conditions under Section 438(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. when the investigating police report exonerates the accused.
- Whether the court should proceed with cognizance of the FIR despite a police report clearing the petitioner.
Legislation cited
- Criminal Procedure Code — s. 438(2)
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Section 438
- false implication
- police exoneration
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37096 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-272 Year-2024 Thana- HAJIPUR SADAR District- Vaishali
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Ajit Kumar @ Lallu S/O Late Raj Kumar Rai R/O Village- Isailpur, P.S -
Hajipur Sadar, District - Vaishali.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shashi Bhushan Singh
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Surendra Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 17-06-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148,
149, 341, 323, 307, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and the informant
alleges that Nitish and Pappu had come to purchase gitti but an
altercation took place between rival gitti seller, on account of
which firing was resorted to, in which Nitish and Pappu suffered
firearm injury.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the
informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the
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allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that no
specific allegation of firing is alleged against the petitioner. It is
also submitted that police after threadbare investigation
submitted Final Form No. 1065 of 2024 dated 29.10.2024
exonerating the petitioner and two others of the allegation as
alleged in the FIR but then the learned trial court differing with
the police report took cognizance, as such petitioner apprehends
arrest. It is submitted that when one investigating agency after
threadbare investigation came to a considered conclusion that
petitioner is innocent, whether it would be prudent for the court
to send the petitioner to jail based on an order of cognizance,
which came to be taken, based on the same police report which
exonerated the petitioner of the allegation.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the
event of his 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) 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
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with Sadar Hajipur P.S. Case No.272 of 2024, subject to the
conditions as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
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