Patna High Court
Chandan Kumar Singh @ Chandan SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- ALLOWED
- Bench
- HARISH KUMAR
Holding
The court granted bail to the petitioner subject to a bond, sureties and conditions under Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
Summary
The petitioner, Chandan Kumar Singh, sought bail in connection with a criminal case (Manihari P.S. Case No.179 of 2025) alleging arson, assault and other offences under various sections of the Bihar Negotiable Sale Act. The incident involved a land dispute during which the petitioner and co‑accused allegedly doused the informant's hutment with petrol, igniting a fire that caused minor burn injuries. The petitioner argued that the case was false, citing a prior related case (Manihari P.S. Case No.173 of 2023) and claiming the injuries were simple, and submitted medical reports to support his claim. The State contended that the allegations were serious, involving arson and bodily injury. After considering the submissions, the court granted bail on the condition of a Rs.10,000 bond, two sureties, and compliance with Section 482(2) of the BNSS, noting the simple nature of injuries and the petitioner's undertaking to cooperate.
Issues considered
- Whether bail should be granted to the petitioner despite the seriousness of the alleged arson and related offences
- Whether the nature of injuries and the existence of a prior related case justify bail
Subjects
- bail
- arson
- land dispute
- criminal procedure
- Section 482
- Bihar
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.83641 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-179 Year-2025 Thana- MANIHARI District- Katihar
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Chandan Kumar Singh @ Chandan Singh S/o Ram Roop Singh @ Ramrup
Prasad Singh, R/o Bhagmara, P.S.- Manihari, Distt- Katihar
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Satyendra Narayan Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR
ORAL ORDER
2 06-01-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned
APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection
with Manihari P.S. Case No.179 of 2025 registered for the
offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 189(2),
191(2), 333, 118(2), 109 and 124(1) of the BNS.
3. Allegedly, on the fateful day, while the wife of the
informant was cooking food, in the meanwhile, the petitioner
along with others barged into the courtyard of the informant and
started digging land. When the protest was made, they
demanded six decimal of land. It is also alleged that the accused
persons along with the petitioner sprinkled the petrol over the
hutment of the informant and co-accused Dashrath Prasad Singh
ignite the same through the matchbox which caused fire in the
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hutment and when the informant and his family tried to douse
the fire, they also sustained burn injuries.
4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner, referring to the
FIR, contended that the parties are agnates and they were
bickering over a land dispute. On account of some unfortunate
incident of fire, which broke in the kitchen of the informant and
when they tried to extinguish the same, they sustained some
injuries and taking shelter of such incidents, they have instituted
the present case in order to settle the score. Moreover, the
injuries which are allegedly sustained to the informant and his
family members, all of them are simple in nature. To support the
aforesaid contention, the injury reports of the injured have been
placed on record as Annexure-2 series to the bail application. It
is further contended that the falsity of the case is also writ large
for the simple reason that as per the allegation, the petitioner
had sprinkled the petrol all over hutment, but the fire was
broken out only in the kitchen, which makes the entire case
doubtful. There is a counter version of the present case being
Manihari P.S. Case No.173 of 2023, which is on earlier point of
time instituted against the informant and others. Moreover, the
petitioner undertakes that he will fully cooperate in the
proceedings of the Court.
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5. On the other hand, learned Advocate for the State
submitted that the allegation is very serious in nature causing
arson to the house of the informant which led to the burn
injuries to the informant and others.
6. Having considered the submissions set forth by the
learned Advocate for the respective parties and the institution of
Manihari P.S. Case No.173 of 2023 prior to the present case,
besides the simple nature of injuries sustained to the informant
and others as also the undertaking given by the petitioner, let the
above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his
arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a
period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
10,000/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount
each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., Katihar in connection
with Manihari P.S. Case No.179 of 2025, subject to the
condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS, with
further condition that one of the bailors shall be the own/close
family members of the petitioner.
(Harish Kumar, J)
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