IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.75171 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-168 Year-2022 Thana- KHAGAUL District- Patna ====================================================== Vishal Kumar @ Kundan Kumar S/o- Awdhesh Ray R/v- Mahinawa Tola Ps- Maner Dist- Patna ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vidyapati , Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Anand Kishore Choudhary, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER 2 05-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioner apprehends their arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 332, 333, 353, 427, 307, 120B, 337, 338 and 506 of Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of Damage of Public Property Act. 3. The prosecution case in brief, is that petitioner was member of mob who along with other co-accused persons were protesting against the Agnipath Scheme of the Government. It further alleged that after sometime, the protesters became aggressive and started damaging the vehicles present there and vandalized the police vehicles and set most of the private vehicles on fire. It is further alleged that protesters also threw Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75171 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2026 2/3 bricks and stones on the police force due to which some of the the police personnel sustained severe injuries. 4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is not named in the F.I.R. The name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation on the basis of confessional statement of other co-accused persons. Allegation is general and omnibus and no specific accusation of overt act has been alleged against this petitioner. Similarly situated co- accused persons have already been granted bail by this Hon’ble Court vide order dated 08.10.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 70375 of 2025. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, general and omnibus nature of accusation, claim based on parity and clean antecedents of the petitioner, the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner is allowed. 7. Accordingly, in the event of arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.75171 of 2025(2) dt.05-02-2026 3/3 each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M.-V, Danapur, Patna in connection with Khagaul P.S. Case No. 168 of 2022 , subject to condition as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.. Koushik/- (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) U T