IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30736 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-381 Year-2021 Thana- LAHERIYASARAI District- Darbhanga ====================================================== 1. Pradeep Kumar @ Pradeep Kumar Das S/o- Late Ravi Das Resident of Mohalla- Laksmisagar Moja Dharampur PS- Sadar,Dist- Darbhanga 2. Vishwanath Kumar S/o- Lal Bahadur Das Moh- Kaubardha Lagunia, Suraj Kanth Ps- Samastipur Dist- Samastipur ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Saurabh Kumar S/o- Late Purushottam Prasad Singh Vill Jogiara, PS- Bahadurpur Dist- Darbhanga Correspondence Address- C/o- Sri Baidyanath Thakur, Bengali Tola, Station Road Dist- Samastipur ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Amritesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Nand Kishore Prasad ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA ORAL ORDER 6 20-01-2026 Heard the parties. 2. The petitioners are named in the F.I.R. and apprehending their arrest in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 381 of 2021 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 34. 120(b) of Indian Penal Code. 3. As per FIR, by impersonating the informant his land was sold to the petitioners. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners that the petitioners was bone-fide Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30736 of 2025(6) dt.20-01-2026 2/3 purchaser of the land in issue, after paying the agreed consideration amount. It is submitted that the petitioners themselves are the victim of the circumstances where the thrust of allegation is available against co-accused namely, Vijay Kumar, though he only witnessed the sale deed and considering the aforesaid aspect as dispute is civil in nature, he was granted bail by learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court through Cr. Misc. No. 60347 of 2022 vide order dated 23.02.2023. 5. Arguing further, it is pointed out that primarily this is a civil dispute between the parties for which the present criminal prosecution is completely un-occassioned and un-warrented. It is pointed out that the allegation to sell the land, in issue, is available against Saurabh Kumar by impersonating the informant. While concluding argument, it is submitted that petitioners are men of clean antecedents. 6. Learned APP opposes the prayer of bail. 7. Despite of service of notice, informant failed to join present proceeding. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30736 of 2025(6) dt.20-01-2026 3/3 8. In view of aforesaid factual submission and by taking note of fact as dispute, in issue, primarily appears civil dispute, accordingly both above-named petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks, are directed to be released on bail, furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Addl. Sessions Judge VII, Darbhanga /concerned Court, where the case is pending in connection with Laheriasarai P.S. Case No. 381 of 2021, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of BNSS. Sudha/- (Chandra Shekhar Jha, J) U T