Chotelal Tanti @ Chhotelal TantiversusThe State of Bihar

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.39106 of 2026
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-116 Year-2026 Thana- SAHARSA SADAR District- Saharsa
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                 Chotelal Tanti @ Chhotelal Tanti S/O Late Ram Jatan Tanti Resident of
                 Mohalla- Sarahi Ward No. 39, P.S- Saharsa Sadar, District- Saharsa, Bihar.

                                                                                 ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                      Versus
                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :      Mr. Amarnath Jha, Adv.
                 For the Opposite Party/s :      Mr. Satyendra Naryan Singh, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   17-06-2026                  Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

                   with Saharsa Sadar P.S. Case No.116 of 2026 registered for the

                   offences punishable under Sections 329(3), 329(4), 191(2), 190,

                   191(3), 115(2), 126(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2) and 76 of the BNS.

                                3. On account of a dispute that arose during the course

                   of a Panchayati, all the named accused persons, including the

                   petitioner, allegedly assaulted the informant and other members

                   of his family. There is a specific allegation against this

                   petitioner of causing assault to the wife of the informant, due to

                   which she sustained head injury, besides the allegation of

                   snatching of a golden chain worth Rs.25,000/-.

                                4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner, submitted that
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          the dispute has arisen on account of a previous land dispute

          between the parties, which resulted into some free fight and

          unfortunate injury. Moreover, the injury which is allegedly

          sustained to the informant’s wife is concerned, the same is

          found to be simple in nature. To support the aforesaid

          contention, the injury report of injured Poonam Devi has been

          brought on record. It is further contended that others have also

          sustained simple injury. The long-standing animosity between

          the parties is also evident from the fact that two cases have also

          been instituted by the informant and others against the persons

          of the petitioner’s side. The petitioner, though bears one

          criminal antecedent, however, he is on bail in the said case.

                       5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State

          vehemently opposed the pre-arrest bail of the petitioner and

          submitted that because of the assault caused by the petitioner,

          the informant’s wife has sustained serious injury and the

          petitioner has also snatched the valuables.

                       6. Having considered the submissions advanced by

          the learned Advocates for the respective parties and taking note

          of the genesis of the occurrence, coupled with the long-standing

          dispute, as also the simple nature of injury upon the informant’s wife

          and others, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the
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                        event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below

                        within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail

                        bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like

                        amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial

                        Magistrate, Saharsa in connection with Saharsa Sadar P.S. Case

                        No.116 of 2026, subject to the condition as laid down under

                        Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with further condition that one of

                        the bailors shall be the own/close family members of the

                        petitioner.



                                                    (Harish Kumar, J)
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