IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.57460 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-659 Year-2025 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura ====================================================== Sonu Yadav @ Sonu Kumar @ Sonu Kumar Yadav S/o Avinash Yadav R/o - Anand Bihar Ward no. 2, P.S and District - Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Ms.Pooja Prasad, Advocate. For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ajay Kumar Jha, APP. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 19-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 659 of 2025 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1) and 3(5) of the BNS. 3. Allegation is of commission of murder of the brother of the informant. Specific allegation of firing upon the deceased is against co-accused Abhishek Kumar, Mantu Yadav and Ajay Yadav. 4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is innocent and he has committed no offence as alleged in the F.I.R. Petitioner is not the assailant. Specific allegation of firing upon the deceased is against co-accused Abhishek Kumar, Mantu Yadav and Ajay Yadav. At best, the petitioner can only be said to be the member of the mob. The petitioner has clean antecedent. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.57460 of 2026(2) dt.19-08-2026 2/2 5. Learned APP for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of pre-arrest bail to the petitioner. 6. Having heard the rival submissions made on behalf of the parties, as well as, having perused the allegation made in the F.I.R. and the fact that specific allegation of firing upon the deceased is against co-accused Abhishek Kumar, Mantu Yadav and Ajay Yadav, at best, the petitioner can only be said to be member of the mob, the petitioner, above named, is directed to be released on pre-arrest 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/- (Ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Madhepura in connection with Madhepura P.S. Case No. 659 of 2025, subject to the condition as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C / 482(2) BNSS. 7. The District Court is directed to verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and if it is found that the petitioner is involved in some other cases as what has been stated in Para- 3 of the bail petition, this order will automatically lose its force. 8. The bail application stands disposed of. mantreshwar/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U T