IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.76788 of 2024 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-23 Year-2024 Thana- BARACHATTI District- Gaya ====================================================== Pradip Yadav @ Pradip Kumar @ Pradeep Kumar S/o- Shyam Sundar Yadav @ Shyamsundar Yadav Village - Lebura, P.S.- Mohanpur, District - Gaya. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Durgesh Nandan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ajit Kumar, A.P.P. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER 3 09-02-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends arrest in connection with Barachatti (Mohanpur) P.S. Case No.23 of 2024 instituted under Sections 143, 144, 385, 387, 335, 386 and 427 of the Indian Penal Code. 3. As per prosecution case, petitioner along with other arms came and poured petrol on TATA Hitachi Poclain machine and set it on fire and demanded Rs. 15,00,000/- as rangdari for running of Balughat or else will have to face dire consequences. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that no occurrence as alleged in the manner has ever been taken place and false and concoted story have been made up to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76788 of 2024(3) dt.09-02-2026 2/3 humiliate and harass the petitioner in this case. Learned counsel further submits that informant won the auction of BaluGhat from the river bed but between the said Balughat and the road, there is raiyiti land of the accused persons including the petitioner through which sand needs to be carried out to bring it on the trucks or tractors or other vehicles standing on road. Initially, the informant and his men requested to pay certain amount for the damages of crops. They also paid sometimes based on their oral agreements, but subsequently after a month or two, they stopped the payment for the damages or usage of land they used for crossing to reach the road. It resulted into stopping the informant and his men from carrying the sand through their land which caused annoyance and hurdle arose in smooth functioning of sand business. This became a vital reason for instituting of this false and fabricated case by putting serious charges without any basis. 5. The learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner. 6. Considering the gravity of the offence, the demand of rangdari (extortion) and the criminal antecedent of the petitioner, this Court is not inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in the present case. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.76788 of 2024(3) dt.09-02-2026 3/3 7. The application for anticipatory bail is, accordingly, rejected. 8. The petitioner is directed to surrender in the court below within a week from today and seek regular bail, if so advised, failing which the Superintendent of Police, Gaya will take all steps for the arrest of the petitioner. 9. Let a copy of this order be communicated to the Superintendent of Police, Gaya through FAX for its compliance forthwith. vashudha/- (Sandeep Kumar, J) U T