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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.69971 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-373 Year-2025 Thana- MADHEPURA District- Madhepura ======================================================
1. Manikant Yadav S/o Late Kripa Lal Yadav R/o Gadhiya, PS- Madhepura, District- Madhepura
2. Lilakant Yadav S/o Late Kripa Lal Yadav R/o Gadhiya, PS- Madhepura, District- Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Jitendra Kumar Giri For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Umanath Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 3 11-02-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State. 2. The petitioners seek bail in anticipation of their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 109, 303(2), 352, 3(5) of the B.N.S.
3. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that he was constructing his house over his land when the accused persons including the petitioners came and asked him to stop the construction. On protest, Vijendra gave orders to kill, on which Bipin assaulted the informant by an iron rod causing injury on his head, thereafter Sachindar
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69971 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 2/3 assaulted the informant by lathi on his head and Ravindar and Dinkar assaulted Ramchandra by lathi and rod on his head causing injury. Further, other accused persons assaulted Amresh, Naresh, Mukesh and Jai prakash by lathi and rod causing injury on back, leg, hand and ribs. Thereafter, Sanjay dashed the wife of the informant on the ground and thereafter accused Lilakant, Uriya Devi, Nitu Devi, Sanjana Devi and Nilu Devi assaulted and Lilakant snatched ornaments of his wife and Manikant took out of Rs.50,000/- from his pocket. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners have been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that from perusal of the allegation as alleged in the FIR, no specific allegation of assault is alleged against the petitioners rather Manikant is alleged to have snatched Rs.50,000/- from the pocket of the informant and Lilakant is alleged to have snatched the ornaments of the wife of the informant. It is next submitted that the allegations are ornamental.
It is further submitted that on account of dispute relating to construction of house over a piece of land, the occurrence is alleged to have taken place. It is also submitted that Sachindar Yadav along with seven others had approached this Court seeking anticipatory bail by filing Cr. Misc. No.63901
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.69971 of 2025(3) dt.11-02-2026 3/3 of 2025 and the same came to be allowed by an order dated
23.09.2025. It is next submitted that the case of the petitioners is on a better footing. 5. Learned A.P.P. opposes the anticipatory bail application. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners, above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, are directed to be released on anticipatory bail on their furnishing bail-bonds in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court where the case is pending/successor Court in connection with Madhepura P. S. Case No.373 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. The application stands allowed. vikash/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T