Patna High Court
Monu Singh @ Monu KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SANDEEP KUMAR
Holding
The court granted bail to the petitioner on the condition of a Rs. 10,000 bond and two sureties.
Summary
Monu Singh, accused under multiple provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act for assaulting an informant and his daughter and demanding extortion, applied for bail after being in custody since September 2025. The petitioner argued that the informant was linked to a rival criminal and that a co‑accused, Saurav Kumar, had been granted anticipatory bail in a similar case. The court considered these submissions, the precedent of anticipatory bail to the co‑accused, and the length of the petitioner’s detention. It held that bail was appropriate under the circumstances. Accordingly, the court ordered the petitioner’s release on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties, subject to the satisfaction of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Barh.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner despite the serious charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act
- Whether the grant of anticipatory bail to a similarly situated co‑accused influences the decision on bail for the petitioner
Legislation cited
- Arms Act — s. 23, 27
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 109(1), 308(4), 308(5), 329(4), 3(5), 351(2), 352
Subjects
- bail
- anticipatory bail
- assault
- extortion
- Arms Act
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.6073 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2025 Thana- PACHMAHLA District- Patna
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Monu Singh @ Monu Kumar Son of Pramod Singh @ Pramod Kumar R/o
Villagee - Nauranga, P.S. - Pachmahla, Dist. - Patna.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. Sahja Nand Sharma, Advocate
For the State : Mr. Brajendra Nath Pandey, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
3 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with
Pachmahla P.S. Case No.07 of 2025 instituted under Sections
329(4), 109(1), 308(4), 308(5), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and under Sections 23 and 27 of the
Arms Act.
3. The allegation against the petitioner is that
he along with other co-accused went to the house of the
informant and assaulted him and his daughter and also
demanded extortion money. The petitioner is in custody since
24.09.2025.
4. It has been submitted by learned counsel for
the petitioner that the informant is the wife of the one criminal
namely, Mukesh Singh, who along with one Anant Singh had
attacked the petitioner and thereafter, a large number of
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criminals gathered and fired in the village.
5. Learned counsel for the petitioner has
produced a copy of the order dated 04.02.2026 passed in
Criminal Miscellaneous No.89835 of 2025, by which this
Court has granted anticipatory bail to similarly situated co-
accused namely, Saurav Kumar @ Saurabh Kumar.
6. Considering the submission of learned
counsel for the petitioner and the fact that similarly situated co-
accused has been granted anticipatory bail by this Court and
also the period of custody of the petitioner, this application is
allowed.
7. Let the petitioner, above named, be released
on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand)
with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, III, Barh /
concerned Court below, in connection with Pachmahla P.S.
Case No.07 of 2025.
(Sandeep Kumar, J)
pawan/-
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