Patna High Court
Sanni Singh @ Sanni Kumar SinghversusThe State of Bihar
- Decided
- Disposal
- BAIL GRANTED
- Bench
- SATYAVRAT VERMA
Holding
The court granted anticipatory bail to the petitioner subject to the conditions prescribed under Section 482(2).
Summary
The petitioner, Sanni Singh, applied for anticipatory bail fearing arrest in a case registered under multiple sections of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes (BNS) 2023, including offences of assault and robbery. He alleged that the informant’s complaint was false, arising from a wage dispute, and denied any assault, claiming the alleged injuries were minor. The State opposed the bail, contending the seriousness of the offences. The court considered the petitioner’s antecedent, the delay of 24 days before the FIR was examined by the trial court, and the possibility of false implication. Relying on Section 482(2) of the Bihar Negotiable Statutes (BNSS), the court ordered that the petitioner be released on anticipatory bail upon furnishing a bail bond of Rs.10,000 with two sureties, subject to conditions. The anticipatory bail application was therefore allowed.
Issues considered
- Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner under Section 482(2) in view of the allegations under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 74, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 109(1) and 3(5) of the BNS, 2023.
- Whether the delay in the trial court’s examination of the FIR and the claim of false implication affect the grant of bail.
Subjects
- anticipatory bail
- false implication
- assault
- Section 482
- bail bond
- criminal procedure
Judgment
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.9458 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-179 Year-2025 Thana- Geedha District- Bhojpur
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Sanni Singh @ Sanni Kumar Singh S/O Ramesh Kr. Singh Resident of
Village- Matiyara Police Station- Gidha, Dist.- Bhojpur
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 26-03-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2),
115(2), 74, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 109(1) and 3(5) of the BNS,
2023.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
petitioner has antecedent of one case and the informant alleges
that petitioner and his father (Ramesh) used to force her for
doing household work, further petitioner touched her
inappropriately, on objection petitioner assaulted her by brick
causing injury on head, thereafter Ramesh assaulted by brick
causing injury on hand and petitioner snatched her locket worth
Rs. 20,000/-.
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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 since a dispute had arisen on
account of payment of wage, as such, a false came came to be
instituted with exaggerated allegation. It is further submitted
that though allegation is of assaulting by bricks, but then the
petitioner vehemently denies the said allegation that he ever
assaulted the informant. It is also submitted that even presuming
what has been is true without admitting, then the injury has
been opined to be simple in nature. It is also submitted that the
FIR was instituted on 24.09.2025 and the same was seen by the
learned Trial Court on 18.10.2025 i.e. after a delay of 24 days,
which also casts as aspersion on the case of the prosecution.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the
anticipatory bail application of the petitioner.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the
event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks
from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail
bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties
of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial
court where the case is pending/successor court in connection
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with Gidha P.S. Case No. 179 of 2025 subject to the conditions
as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.
7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail
application is allowed.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
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