Patna High Court
Nitish Kumar Singh @ Tulli SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL REJECTED
- Bench
- ANIL KUMAR SINHA
Holding
Anticipatory bail was denied.
Summary
The petitioner, Nitish Kumar Singh, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in connection with a case registered under multiple sections of the B.N.S. 2023. The FIR alleges that he, along with others, assaulted an informant with a knife, causing bleeding to the informant's left hand. The petitioner contended that he is innocent and that the injury was caused by a blunt object, not a knife, as per the injury report. The court noted that the petitioner has five prior criminal antecedents. Considering the seriousness of the alleged offences and the petitioner’s criminal history, the court declined to grant anticipatory bail. The court directed that if the petitioner surrenders, the lower court may consider regular bail on its merits without prejudice from this rejection.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner in view of the alleged offences and his criminal antecedents
Legislation cited
- B.N.S., 2023 — s. 109(1), 115(2), 118(1), 126(2), 303(2), 3(5), 351(2), 351(3), 352, 74
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- criminal antecedent
- assault
- knife injury
- bail jurisprudence
- high court
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.91408 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-323 Year-2025 Thana- MASHRAK District- Saran
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Nitish Kumar Singh @ Tulli Singh S/o- Chandraket Narayan Singh @
Chandraket Rai @ Chandraket Singh Village- Mashrakh Purab Tola , PS-
Mashrakh Dist-Saran
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Upendra Kumar
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA
ORAL ORDER
3 22-04-2026 1. Heard the parties.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection
with Mashrakh P.S. Case No. 323 of 2025 dated 21.07.2025
registered for the offence under Section 126(2), 115(2), 118(1),
109(1), 74, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 351(3), 3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023.
3. As per the F.I.R. on 21.07.2025 at 02:30 P.M. the
petitioner along with four F.I.R. named accused and 10-15
unknown persons reached at the door of the informant and
started abusing the informant and his family members. On
protest, the petitioner assaulted the informant with knife with
intention to kill which caused injury in his left hand and blood
started oozing out.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
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petitioner is innocent and has not committed any offence in the
manner alleged. He further submits that though it is alleged that
petitioner assaulted the informant with knife which caused
bleeding, however, as per injury report nature of injury is simple
caused by hard and blunt substance not by any sharp cutting or
pointed weapon.
5. Regard being had to the submission advanced by
the petitioner and taking into consideration the fact that
petitioner is having five criminal antecedent, accordingly, I am
not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. The same
is rejected.
6. However, if the petitioner surrenders and seeks
regular bail, it is expected that the learned court below shall
consider the same on its own merit without being prejudiced by
the fact that the present anticipatory bail application has been
rejected by this court.
(Anil Kumar Sinha, J)
praful/-
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