IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12829 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-20 Year-2021 Thana- IMAMGANJ District- Gaya ====================================================== Anirudh Mali @ Anirudh Kumar Malakar S/o Baijnath Mali R/o Village - Jhikatiya, P.S - Imamganj, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Ms. Rabia Gulnaz, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ajay Kumar No. 2, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 3 22-04-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 341, 323, 324, 325, 354, 379, 504 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per F.I.R., allegation against this petitioner is that he, along with other F.I.R. named accused persons, armed with lathi and danda, assaulted husband of informant and also took Rs. 5,000/- cash from house of the informant. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Informant is none else than own sister-in- law (Bhabhi) of this petitioner and on account of land dispute between the parties, a simple maar-peet took place in which Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12829 of 2026(3) dt.22-04-2026 2/2 both sides sustained injuries. There is case and counter-case. Allegation of assault is general and omnibus and no specific accusation of overt act has been alleged against this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedents. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, relationship between the parties, case and counter-case between the parties and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed. 7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M.F.C., Gaya in connection with Imamganj P.S. Case No. 20 of 2021, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. shashank/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T