Chandan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.23384 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-171 Year-2025 Thana- FATUA District- Patna ====================================================== Chandan Kumar S/O Nagina Gope R/O Vill.- Mirjapur Nohta, P.S.- Fatuha, District- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ravish Mishra, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Umeshanand Pandit, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 31-07-2026
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 191(3), 126(2), 115(2), 109, 121(2), 132, 303(2), 125(a), 324(5), 324(6), 326(g) and 352 of the BNS and Sctions 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent. It is next submitted Richa @ Karu @ Lavlin Gope @ Laulin Yadav had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Criminal Miscellaneous No. 43552 of 2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated 16.07.2025. It is next submitted that informant alleges that police on information went to the place of occurrence where they found a dead body lying on account of a road accident, the dead body was sent for post-mortem, further a mob which had gathered created ruckus and put the tractor on fire
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.23384 of 2026(2) dt.31-07-2026 2/2 and committed loot of cement bag loaded on the tractor and the accused persons were identified based on the video footage. It is next submitted that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant, it is further submitted that petitioner is a resident of a nearby place where the occurrence took place, as such, out of inquisitiveness went to the place of occurrence to witness the ruckus when he came to be implicated.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the anticipatory bail application of the petitioner.
5. 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 with Fatuha P.S. Case No. 171 of 2025 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.
6. Accordingly, the application stands allowed. (Satyavrat Verma, J) rajesh/- U T