Patna High Court
Chiranjeevi Kumar @ Bhim SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA
Holding
The Court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner, subject to bond and surety conditions.
Summary
Chiranjeevi Kumar was implicated in a Sandesh police case for alleged assault using 'Sabal' and 'Khanti', resulting in head and leg injuries to the informant and his family. The petitioner claimed innocence, alleging the charges stemmed from a land dispute and personal enmity, and argued that the injuries were either simple or unexplained. The State opposed his request for anticipatory bail. The Court examined the FIR, injury report, and case diary, noting inconsistencies in the description of injuries and lack of clear causation. Relying on Section 482(2) of the Bihar Negotiable Sale (BNS) Act, 2023, the Court found sufficient doubt to grant anticipatory bail, subject to bond and surety conditions. The order directs the petitioner to surrender within six weeks and comply with bail conditions.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 482(2) of the BNS Act, 2023 in view of the alleged assault charges.
- Whether the evidence in the FIR and injury report sufficiently establishes the petitioner’s culpability.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- assault
- injury
- land dispute
- Section 482
- Bihar law
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.7513 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-251 Year-2025 Thana- SANDESH District- Bhojpur
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Chiranjeevi Kumar @ Bhim Singh, aged about 34 years, Male, Son of Late
Ramlakhan Singh, Resident of Dharampur, P.S.- Sandesh, District- Bhojpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Ms. Akanksha Malviya, Advocate
Mr. Akash Keshav, Advocate
Ms. Naina Nancy, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHAND MALVIYA
ORAL ORDER
3 19-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection
with Sandesh P.S. Case No. 251 of 2025 instituted for the
offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(2), 109,
303(2), 117(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
3. Allegation against the petitioner and other co-
accused persons is to have assaulted by means of ‘Sabal’ and
‘Khanti’ and started indiscriminate attack upon the informant
and his family members, due to which, the informant caused
head injury.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner is innocent has committed no offence and has falsely
been implicated in this case due to vengeance out of enmity
with malafide intention only to entangle the family dispute. She
submits that there is case and counter case attributed between
the parties. She further submits that there is no recovery from
the conscious possession of the petitioner. She next submits that
the injuries sustained is simple in nature. She lastly submits that
both the parties are gotiyas (relatives) and there is land dispute
regarding building of Chajja (Sunshade) attributed between
both the parties. She again submits that there are 14 injuries, out
of which 8 injuries are simple in nature and opinion for 6
injuries are reserved.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. From perusal of the FIR, case diary, injury report
and the impugned order of the learned District and Sessions
Judge, Bhojpur at Ara dated 08.01.2026, it appears that on the
basis of written report of the informant Suryakant Singh, FIR
has been registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(2), 109,
303(2), 117(2) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 against three co-
accused persons including the present petitioner and the
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allegation is assaulted by means of ‘Sabal’ and ‘Khanti’ upon
the informant’s head and his family members. From perusal of
the injury report issued by one Medipark, Hospital, Patliputra,
Patna, it appears that the injury is in right leg (Fracture of
Proximal Tibia) and head injury. The patient got primary
treatment with multiple stitches in left occipital and parietal
region under Hospitalization in the district of Bhojpur, Ara.
From perusal of the entire case diary as well as primary injury
report, it appears that in the FIR, there is repeated blow upon
the head of the informant but from the primary injury report, it
also appears that several injuries are found on the body of the
informant but there is no any explanation that how can such
injury caused on the body of the informant, so considering all
these aspects of the case and submission of learned counsel for
the petitioner, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the
above named petitioner.
7. Accordingly, let the petitioner above named in the
event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within
six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail upon
furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two
sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned
Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with
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Sandesh P.S. Case No. 251 of 2025, subject to the conditions
laid down in Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Ramesh Chand Malviya, J)
Anand Kr.
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