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2026 DAILYLAW 36422 (PAT)

Dhanjay Sahni v. The State of Bihar

CR. MISC./42479/2025 · 2026-01-08

Prabhat Kumar Singh

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.42479 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-405 Year-2022 Thana- SUGAULI District- East Champaran ====================================================== Dhanjay Sahni S/o Vira Sahni R/o Village- Chailah, P.S.- Banjariya, District- East Champaran ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Shailendra Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 08-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 324, 307, 302, 120B of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per prosecution case, while informant and her husband were at their house, 25 F.I.R. named accused persons, including this petitioner, armed with weapons, came there and assaulted them by means of lathi, gadasa, farsa, sword, dab and khanti due to which husband of the informant died on the spot. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. There is property dispute between the parties due to which this false and concocted case has been lodged against the petitioner. Allegation of assault against petitioner is general and omnibus Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.42479 of 2025(4) dt.08-01-2026 2/2 and specific accusation of assault is against co-accused Krishna Sahani, Raju, Raj Kishor, Amit, Dimpu and Chotan. It is further submitted that similarly situated co-accused persons have already been granted anticipatory bail by co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court vide order dated 16.04.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19437 of 2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State vehemently opposed the bail application. 6. Considering backdrop of the case, nature of accusation and clean antecedent, this anticipatory bail is allowed and it is ordered that let the above named petitioner in the event of his arrest/surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from today, 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 Chief Judicial Magistrate, East Champaran, Motihari in connection with Sugauli P. S. Case No. 405 of 2022, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Navya/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T