Patna High Court
Bimlesh ThakurversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- S B P SINGH
Holding
The Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioners subject to the stipulated conditions.
Summary
The petitioners, four residents of Balha village, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a criminal case (Keoti PS Case No. 220 of 2025) that alleged offences under multiple sections of the B.N.S. The prosecution alleged that the petitioners brutally assaulted the informant's sons and attempted to outrage the modesty of his daughters on 1 September 2025. The petitioners contended they were falsely implicated due to a land dispute and village politics, asserting that the matter had been compromised and a compromise petition was on record. The State opposed the bail application. The Court, after considering the compromise and the petitioners' clean antecedents, exercised its power under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S. to grant anticipatory bail, subject to a bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties and the condition that one bailor be a close relative.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioners under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S.
- Whether the compromise petition and clean antecedents justify bail despite serious charges
- Whether the alleged offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118, 74, 76, 77, 109, 303(2), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the B.N.S. preclude bail
Legislation cited
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal miscellaneous petition
- Section 482
- compromise petition
- land dispute
- false implication
- bail conditions
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5980 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-220 Year-2025 Thana- KEWATI District- Darbhanga
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1. Bimlesh Thakur S/o Ramanandan Thakur R/o Village - Balha, Ps- Keoti,
Dist- Darbhanga
2. Sanjay Thakur S/o Ramanandan Thakur R/o Village - Balha, Ps- Keoti, Dist-
Darbhanga
3. Jaynarayan Thakur S/o Sakal Dev Thakur R/o Village - Balha, Ps- Keoti,
Dist- Darbhanga
4. Nirmala Devi W/o Sakal Dev Thakur R/o Village - Balha, Ps- Keoti, Dist-
Darbhanga
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Baidyanath Prasad
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Harendra Prasad
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. B. PD. SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 04-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in
connection with Keoti P.S. Case No. 220 of 2025 for the offence
under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118, 74, 76, 77, 109, 303(2),
351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS.
3. As per the prosecution story, the informant has
alleged that on 01.09.2025, all the F.I.R. named accused persons
brutally assaulted his sons, as a result of which they sustained
injuries. It is also alleged that they tried to outrage the modesty
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of the daughters of the informant.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners are quite innocent and they have committed no
offence at all rather they have been falsely implicated in the case
due to previous land dispute and local village politics. Both the
parties are agnates and neighbours and due to land dispute, a
simple scuffle took place between the parties wherein both the
parties sustained injuries. Learned counsel further submits that
the case has been compromised by both the parties and copy of
compromise petition has been brought on record as Annexure-
P/3. A statement has been made in para 3 of the bail application
that petitioners have clean antecedents.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer for bail.
6. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, this Court is
inclined to extend them the privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. Let the petitioners be released on bail in the event
of arrest or surrender within a period of four weeks from the
date of receipt of this order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount
each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial
Magistrate, XI, Darbhanga, in connection with Keoti P.S. Case
No. 220 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under
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Section 482 of B.N.S.S., as also with the condition that o ne of
the bailors should be close relative of the petitioner.
(S. B. Pd. Singh, J)
Ankit Kumar/-
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