IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42129 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-460 Year-2015 Thana- NARPATGANJ District- Araria ====================================================== 1. Yoganand Mehta S/O Late Bhagwat Mehta R/O Village-Pathavdeva,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 2. Devnarayan Mehta @ Deblu Mehta S/O Late Bhagwat Mehta R/O Village- Pathavdeva,PS-Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 3. Mahendra Mehta S/O Late Bhagwat Mehta R/O Village-Pathavdeva,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 4. Dharaj Kumar Mehta S/O Mahendra Mehta R/O Village-Pathavdeva,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 5. Dipak Kumar Mehta S/O Devnarayan Mehta R/O Village-Pathavdeva,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 6. Arbind Kumar Mehta @ Arbind Kumar S/O Devnarayan Mehta R/O Village-Pathavdeva,PS-Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 7. Surendra Mehta S/O Ghotan Lal Mehta R/O Village-Chakarwa,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria 8. Chandan Mehta S/O Ghotan Lal Mehta R/O Village-Chakarwa,PS- Narpatganj,Distt-Araria ... ... Petitioners Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Nishant Kumar Sinha, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Jharkhandi Upadhyay, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 11-09-2025 Petitioners apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 147, 149, 447, 341, 354, 323, 324, 325, 307, 379, 504 and 506 of the IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the State, referring to final form, submit that the police, while extending benefits of section 41(1) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, has granted police bail to these petitioners, as such, petitioners have no apprehension of their arresting. Learned counsel refers to a decision of this Court rendered in case of Mahendra Prasad Singh Vs. State of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42129 of 2025(3) dt.11-09-2025 2/2 Bihar, reported in 2004(3) P.L.J.R., 491 in which it has been held that once accused persons are granted privilege of police bail, they must honour the terms of police bail. Upon surrendering, petitioner is entitled to apply for bail, and the court is instructed to consider this application in alignment with the principle established in the cited case. 7. In view of the observation of this Court made in the aforesaid case, petitioners are directed to surrender before the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today. In case, petitioners surrender and file an application for bail, the concerned Court will pass order in the similar manner as has been decided in the case of Mahendra Prasad Singh (Supra). 8. With the above directions/observations, this application is disposed of. shashi/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T