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Brajesh Kumar @ Mona ThakurversusThe State of Bihar

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BAIL REJECTED

Holding

The Court held that anticipatory bail could not be granted to the petitioner.

Summary

The petitioner, Brajesh Kumar, sought anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case (P.S. No.138/2025) involving multiple offences under the B.N.S., 2023, arising from a dispute over road construction on land claimed to be privately owned by the informant. He argued that the road was part of a government scheme and that he was falsely implicated, also highlighting his prior criminal history and the fact that a similar bail application by a co‑accused had been rejected. The State, represented by the public prosecutor and the informant’s counsel, contended that the road was indeed on private land, that the petitioner had a history of cases, and that no scheme document was produced to justify the construction. The Court examined the allegations, the petitioner’s antecedents, and the precedent of the earlier bail denial, and concluded that the seriousness of the charges and the lack of justification warranted denial of bail. Consequently, the anticipatory bail application was rejected.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner is entitled to anticipatory bail in view of the alleged offences and his prior criminal antecedents
  • Whether the road construction was on private land, thereby justifying the charges of forcible trespass and related offences
  • Whether the precedent of a similar bail denial for a co‑accused influences the present application

Legislation cited

  • B.N.S., 2023 — s. 115(2), 119(1), 126(2), 190, 191(2), 303(2), 308(1), 308(3), 324(4)

Subjects

  • anticipatory bail
  • false implication
  • land acquisition
  • road construction
  • criminal antecedents
  • B.N.S. 2023
  • section 191
  • section 190
  • section 115
  • section 126
  • section 303
  • section 119
  • section 308
  • section 324

Judgment

                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.687 of 2026
                      Arising Out of PS. Case No.-138 Year-2025 Thana- PIYAR District- Muzaffarpur
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                 Brajesh Kumar @ Mona Thakur Son of Uma Shankar Thakur Resident of
                 Village- Rampur Dayal, P.S.- Pear, District- Muzaffarpur
                                                                               ... ... Petitioner/s
                                                    Versus
                 The State of Bihar
                                                                        ... ... Opposite Party/s
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                 Appearance :
                 For the Petitioner/s     :       Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha
                 For the Opposite Party/s :       Mr. Ram Sevak Choudhary
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                 CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
                                       ORAL ORDER

2   13-03-2026                  1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned

                   A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel appearing on behalf

                   of the informant.

                                2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection

                   with Pear P.S. Case No.138/2025, registered for the offences

                   punishable under Sections 191(2), 190, 115(2), 126(2), 303(2),

                   119(1), 308 (1), 308(3) and 324(4) of the B.N.S., 2023.

                                3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

                   petitioner has antecedent of six cases, out of which, the

                   petitioner was acquitted in one case and police submitted final

                   form in another case, in which, cognizance has not been taken,

                   one case was instituted by the informant, two cases are under

                   the Excise Act and one more case was instituted by the family

                   members and the informant alleges that road construction work

                   was being done forcibly on his land, on protest, the petitioner

                   assaulted him and asked him to leave the place of occurrence
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          and snatched his chain, the informant managed to escape and

          came to his house, further three named accused persons

          excluding the petitioner along with 25 unknown accused were

          assisting in taking possession of the land, accordingly, the police

          was informed and the construction work was stopped, thereafter

          on the same day, in the evening, the petitioner and Ramanand

          came along with 200 unknown accused and the hut was

          uprooted and looted 5 quintal of grams.

                       4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that

          petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the

          informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the

          allegation as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that

          informant alleges that forcibly a road was being constructed on

          his private land which led to the occurrence. It is next submitted

          that the road was not being constructed on the private land of

          the informant rather the road was under construction based on a

          scheme passed by the authorities.

                       5. Learned A.P.P. for the State and the learned counsel

          appearing on behalf of the informant opposes the prayer for

          anticipatory bail of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the

          informant submits that the land on which the road was being

          constructed is private land of the informant, accordingly, the
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                     police was informed and the police after verifying the record

                     stopped the construction work. It is also submitted that no

                     scheme has been brought on record to show that the road was to

                     be constructed on the private land of the informant. It is also

                     submitted that if authorities intend to construct a road on the

                     private land of the informant, in that event, the same can be

                     done only after acquiring the land in question. It is next

                     submitted that petitioner has antecedent of six cases and

                     similarly situated co-accused Ramanand Ojha had approached

                     this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc.

                     No.8558/2026 and the same came to be rejected by an order

                     dated 23.02.2026 passed by a learned Coordinate Bench. It is

                     thus submitted that the case of the petitioner is also on a similar

                     footing.

                                  6. After hearing the learned counsel for the parties, the

                     Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail

                     to the petitioner.

                                  7. The anticipatory bail application of the petitioner is

                     rejected.



                                                         (Satyavrat Verma, J)
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