Patna High Court
Bikash SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
Holding
The Court held that anticipatory bail may be granted in the present case, subject to the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Summary
The petitioners, Bikash Singh and his son Jeevan Kumar, applied for anticipatory bail in connection with a 2021 case involving alleged assault, robbery and other offences under Sections 323, 324, 307, 379, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The prosecution alleged that the petitioners, along with others, assaulted an informant who was trying to protect his land and stole a gold chain worth Rs. 50,000. The petitioners contended that they were falsely implicated due to a prior land dispute and that the injuries were simple. The State opposed the bail, arguing the seriousness of the offences. The Court, after considering the facts, the simple nature of the injuries, the petitioners' willingness to cooperate, and the lack of risk of evidence tampering, granted anticipatory bail subject to a bond of Rs. 10,000 and two sureties, invoking Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners for offences under Sections 323, 324, 307, 379, 504 and 34 of the IPC.
- Whether the nature of the alleged offences and the petitioners' antecedents preclude the grant of bail under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.
Legislation cited
- Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita — s. 482
- Indian Penal Code — s. 307, 323, 324, 34, 379, 504
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- Indian Penal Code
- assault
- robbery
- land dispute
- Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita
- simple injury
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.3848 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-109 Year-2021 Thana- HALSI District- Lakhisarai
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1. Bikash Singh Son of Late Sadanand Singh Resident of Village- Konag, P. S.
- Halsi, District- Lakhisarai.
2. Jeevan Kumar @ Jeevan Kumar Singh son of Bikash Singh Resident of
Village- Konag, P. S. - Halsi, District- Lakhisarai.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA
ORAL ORDER
3 19-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection
with Halsi P.S. Case No. 109 of 2021, instituted for the offences
punishable under Sections 323, 324,307,379,504,34 of the I.P.C.
3. As per the prosecution case, on the date of
occurrence, when the informant was in his house he noticed that
some of the accused persons were putting pillar in his land. When
he protested, all the accused persons including the petitioners
started assaulting him and his family members who had come to
save him. The accused persons also snatched a golden chain worth
Rs. 50,000/- from the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that
petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this
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case due to previous land dispute. Injury on the injured are simple
in nature. After investigation, charge-sheet has been filed under
bailable Sections but cognizance has been taken under Sections
307, 379, 324 of the I.P.C. There is no chance of tampering of the
evidence and absconding the petitioners. Petitioner no. 1 has two
criminal antecedents but the same is not of the same nature.
Petitioner No. 2 has clean antecedent. Petitioners undertake to co-
operate in the investigation and trial.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail.
6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case,
submission of learned counsel for the parties and the injuries are
simple in nature, in the event of arrest or surrender before the
Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be
released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten
thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the
satisfaction of learned Judicial Magistrate 1 st Class, Lakhisarai in
connection with Halsi P.S. Case No. 109 of 2021, subject to the
conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik
Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.
(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)
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