IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.55719 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-179 Year-2026 Thana- KATIHAR NAGAR District- Katihar ====================================================== Chandan kumar Jha S/o Suganand Jha R/o Krishna Nagar, TV Tower, P.s.- Katihar (S), Distt.- Katihar ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar Bihar 2. Pushpesh Kumar Bhagat S/o Late Kali Prasad Bhagat R/o vinodpur, ward no. 31, P.S.- Katihar Town, Distt- Katihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Utsav, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Ms .Rina Sinha, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 07-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Katihar Nagar P.S. Case No. 179 of 2026 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 127, 119, 308,115(2), 118(2), 308(3), 122, 303(2), 3(5) and 351 of the BNS, 2023. 3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he assaulted the informant using knives and firearms, causing injuries to his legs, hips, back, and other parts of the body. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner has not been named in the FIR and that his name surfaced during the course of investigation, Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.55719 of 2026(2) dt.07-08-2026 2/2 that too after 20 days of lodging of the FIR. It is further submitted that there is no specific allegation against the petitioner. The petitioner has clean antecedents. 5. Learned APP appearing for the State vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail. 6. Having considered the rival submissions of the parties, the fact that the petitioner is not named in the FIR, that his name surfaced during the course of investigation after 20 days of lodging of the FIR, and his clean antecedents, let the petitioner named above be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each of the satisfaction of learned CJM, Katihar/concerned court, in connection with Katihar Nagar P.S. Case No. 179 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the BNSS. rishabh/- (Ranjan Kumar Jha, J) U T