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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.32313 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-275 Year-2024 Thana- SAKURABAD District- Jehanabad ======================================================
1. Sikandar Kumar S/o Shivbachan Das R/O Village- Murhara, PS- Shakurabad, Dist.- Jehanabad
2. Dharmendra Kumar S/O Shivbachan Das R/O Village- Murhara, PS- Shakurabad, Dist.- Jehanabad
3. Jitendra Kumar S/O Shivbachan Das R/O Village- Murhara, PS- Shakurabad, Dist.- Jehanabad ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioners : Mr.Sandeep Jha, Advocate For the State : Mr.Yogendra Kumar Singh, APP For the Informant : Ms. Sanam Kumari, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 12-08-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
2. Petitioners apprehend arrest in Shakurabad P.S. Case No. 275 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 80(2), 108, 238 and 3(5) of B.N.S., 2023.
3. At the outset, learned counsel for the informant that process under Section 82 Cr.P.C. and thereafter, Section 83 Cr.P.C. have been initiated against these petitioners and as such, this anticipatory bail petition is not maintainable, in the light of decisions of the Supreme Court in the case of (Lavesh v. State (NCT of Delhi) (2012) 8 SCC 730, State of MP v. Pradeep
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.32313 of 2025(3) dt.12-08-2025 2/2 Sharma (2014) 2 SCC 17 and Prem Shankar Prasad v. State of Bihar 2021 SCC OnLine SC 955) as also latest decision of Supreme Court in the case of State of Haryana vs. Dharamraj in (2023) 17 S.C.C. 510.
4. Considering the aforesaid development, the present anticipatory bail petition stands dismissed.
anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T