IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2373 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-19 Year-2025 Thana- CHHAURADANO District- East Champaran ====================================================== Mani Bhushan Yadav @ Mani Bhushan Roy @ Mani Bhushan Yadav @ Mani Bhushan Prasad Yadav Son of Bhagrith Rai @ Bhagirath Rai @ Bhagrit Rai Resident of Village - Kathariya, P.S. -Chhauradano, District - East Champaran, Motihari. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Sharda Nand Mishra For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Binod Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 28-01-2026 1. Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. This application, for grant of anticipatory bail, arises out of Chhauradano Police Station Case No. 19 of 2025, dated 23.01.2025, disclosing offences punishable under Sections 191(2)/126(2)/115(2)/109/303(2)/117(2)/76/351 (2)/ 352/3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The prosecution case, as per the First Information Report, is that on 19.01.2025, in the evening, while the informant was sitting at his door, his co-sharers, including the petitioner, armed with lathi, danda, farsha, sword, iron rod, garasa, reached at the door of the informant and Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2373 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 started abusing him. The petitioner assaulted the informant by means of farsha on his head, causing head injuries. When the wife of the informant came in her rescue, co-accused Kamlesh Rai assaulted her on her head by means of iron rod, causing injury on her head. Co- accused Rameshwar Ray assaulted the father of the informant by means of lathi on his head, which hit him on his thigh. Co-accused Indu Devi caught the hair of the mother of the informant and co-accused Suresh Ray assaulted her by means of lathi. Co-accused Varun Rai, Rupesh Kumar and Kishore Rai torn the clothes of the wife of the informant and outraged her modesty. 4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that both the parties are co-sharers and there is land dispute between them. A counter case has also been lodged by co-accused Rampati Devi against the informant and others, bearing Chhauradano Police Station Case No. 20 of 2025. Learned Counsel, referring to the impugned order, submits that though the injury has been described, but the nature of injury has not been mentioned as grievous in nature. 5. Regards being had to the submissions advanced on behalf Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2373 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 of the parties and taking into consideration the fact that both the parties are co-sharers having land dispute and there is case and counter case, I am inclined to grant the petitioner privilege of anticipatory bail. 6. This application is, accordingly, allowed. 7. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be released 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, at Motihari, in connection with Chhauradano Police Station Case No. 19 of 2025, subject to the condition laid down under Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Prabhakar Anand/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J.) U √ T √