Patna High Court
Santosh Singh @ Santosh KumarversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioners.
Summary
The petitioners, Santosh Singh and Chandan Kumar, were accused of assaulting an informant and his family over a land dispute, with injuries described as simple. They sought anticipatory bail under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for offences listed under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita. The State acknowledged the injuries were simple but opposed bail. The court considered the nature of the allegations, the prior land dispute, and the minor injuries, and decided to grant anticipatory bail. The petitioners were ordered to furnish a bail bond of Rs.10,000 each with two sureties within four weeks of arrest or surrender.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail can be granted to the accused under Section 482(2) of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 despite the alleged offences under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Whether the simple nature of injuries and the existence of a prior land dispute justify the grant of anticipatory bail.
Legislation cited
- Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 — s. 482(2)
- Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita — s. 109, 115(2), 126(2), 3(5), 351(2), 351(3), 352
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- assault
- land dispute
- simple injury
- Section 482
- Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.88192 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-194 Year-2025 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur
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1. Santosh Singh @ Santosh Kumar S/O Baban Singh R/O Pilapur, P.S.-
Jagdispur, Dist.- Bhojpur
2. Chandan Kumar S/O Baban Singh R/O Pilapur, P.S.- Jagdispur, Dist.-
Bhojpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Shiv Prasad Gupta
For the Opposite Party/s : Dr. Indiwar Kumari
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
5 06-04-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out
of Jagdishpur Police Station Case No. 194 of 2025, dated
15.05.2025, disclosing offences under Sections
115(2)/126(2)/109/351(2)/351(3)/352/3(5) of the Bhartiya
Nyaya Sanhita.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the petitioners,
along with other accused persons, assaulted the informant
and his family members by means of lathi, danda, iron-
rod, khanti, etc due to land dispute.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there is
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admitted land dispute between the parties which would be
evident from the FIR itself. He next submits that
allegation against the petitioner no. 1 is that he assaulted
Ram Sagar Singh, who is relative of the informant, by
means of khanti due to which he sustained injury near his
shoulder and petitioner no. 2 assaulted the informant’s
son by means of lathi near his left ear. He further submits
that injury sustained by the victims are simple in nature.
5. Learned counsel for the State, referring to the injury
report, submits that it is true that injuries sustained by the
victims are simple in nature.
6. Having regard to the submissions made on behalf of the
parties and taking into consideration the nature of
allegation and the fact that there is previous land dispute
between the parties and injuries sustained by the victims
are simple in nature, I am inclined to grant the petitioners
privilege of anticipatory bail.
7. This application is, accordingly, allowed.
8. Let the petitioners, above named, in the event of their
arrest or surrender before the Court below within four
weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.
10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the
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like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief
Judicial Magistrate, Bhojpur at Ara, in connection with
Jagdishpur Police Station Case No. 194 of 2025, subject
to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the
Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
ashwani/-
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