Patna High Court

Anish Raj @ Anish Thakur @ ANISH KUMARversusThe State of Bihar

Decided: 7 April 2026
Disposal: BAIL REJECTED
Bench: PRAVEEN KUMAR

Holding

The court denied bail to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Anish Raj, applied for regular bail in a case registered under Section 392 of the Indian Penal Code for an alleged road robbery on 1 March 2024, during which he was accused of snatching cash and documents from an informant at gunpoint. The petitioner contended that he was falsely implicated, not named in the FIR, and that the only evidence against him was a self‑confessional statement made while in police custody, which he claimed lacked evidentiary value. The State opposed bail, highlighting the petitioner’s extensive criminal record of eighteen cases, including offences under the Arms Act, portraying him as a habitual offender. The court examined the record, noted the seriousness of the robbery charge and the petitioner’s prior convictions, and found no sufficient ground to grant bail. Consequently, the court rejected the bail application.

Issues considered

Whether regular bail should be granted to the accused in a robbery case under Section 392 IPC given his criminal antecedents and the nature of the alleged offence.

Legislation cited

Indian Penal Code — s. 392

Subjects

regular bail
robbery
Section 392 IPC
habitual offender
criminal antecedents
bail denial

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                              CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.68649 of 2025
                  Arising Out of PS. Case No.-146 Year-2024 Thana- SIKARPUR District- West Champaran
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                 Anish Raj @ Anish Thakur @ ANISH KUMAR S/O Dinesh Thakur R/O
                 Village- Sahsaraw, P.S- Bhairoganj, Distt.- West Champaran.


                                                                                  ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                       Versus

                 The State of Bihar

                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Sarvesh Kashyap, Advocate
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Sharda Kumari, APP
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRAVEEN KUMAR
                                       ORAL ORDER

9   07-04-2026                  Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

                   APP for the State.

                                2. The petitioner has preferred this application for

                   grant of regular bail in connection with Shikarpur P.S. Case No.

                   146 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Section

                   392 of the I.PC.

                                3. As per the prosecution case, on 01.03.2024 at about

                   07:40 the petitioner was going to his office on motorcycle after

                   collecting sum of Rs. 80,570/-. In the meantime, two miscreants

                   intercepted the informant and on gunpoint, snatched the key of

                   his motorcycle. Further, they also snatched a bag containing Rs.

                   80,570/-, Tablet, Scanner, Biometric machine, Aadhar Card of

                   the informant and company ID card.
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                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted

          that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in

          this case. It has further been submitted that the petitioner is not

          named in the FIR and he has been made accused in this case

          only on the basis of his self confessional statement before police

          while he was in police custody, which has got no evidentiary

          value. It is has also been submitted that no TIP was conducted

          by the police and there is no recovery of any incriminating

          article from the possession of the petitioner. Lastly, it has been

          submitted that the petitioner has eighteen criminal antecedents

          out of which he is on bail in seven cases and is in custody since

          05.05.2025.

                       5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed

          the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

                       6. Perused the record and considered the submission

          of the parties. The petitioner is accused in altogether eighteen

          cases mostly of similar nature as well as under Arms Act also

          which prima facie reflects that he is a habitual offender. The

          present case relates to a road robbery, in which the petitioner is

          alleged to have snatched all belongings and documents from the

          informant.

                       7. In view of the aforesaid fact and circumstance, this
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                        court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioner and the same

                        is hereby rejected.



                                                   (Praveen Kumar, J)
Jyoti/-

U         T

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