IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.35496 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-398 Year-2024 Thana- BATHNAHA District- Sitamarhi ====================================================== Nitish Kumar @ Nitesh Kumar Son of Suresh Rai R/O village - Bangaraha, Ward No.- 3 East Tola, P.S.- Bajpatti, Dist.- Sitamarhi. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Jyoti Kumari For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Choubey Jawahar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 2 20-08-2025 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Bathanaha P.S. Case No. 398 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 103(1)/3(5) of BNS. 3. The informant stated in fard beyan that his father- in-law saw the petitioner, inflicting knife blows on the deceased, who died. On earlier occasion also, the petitioner had threatened to kill the deceased. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated. He is a person of clean antecedent. The father-in-law of the informant, who had seen the occurrence, has not been examined Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35496 of 2025(2) dt.20-08-2025 2/2 by the investigating authorities. 5. From perusal of the impugned order, it appears that the investigation is still continuing. The petitioner is the main assailant of the deceased. 6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, I am not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Accordingly, it is rejected. kundan/- (Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) U T