IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12425 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-285 Year-2025 Thana- CHAND District- Kaimur (Bhabua) ====================================================== 1. Bharat Chaurasia S/O Niraj Chaurasia @ Niraj Prasad Chaurasiya R/O Village- Baghaila, P.S-Chand, Distt- Kaimur, Presently residing at Ward No.-11, Chakbandi Road, Bhabua, P.S- Bhabua, Distt.- Kaimur (Bhabua). 2. Shatrughan Chaurasia S/O Niraj Chaurasia @ Niraj Prasad Chaurasiya R/O Village- Baghaila, P.S-Chand, Distt- Kaimur, Presently residing at Ward No.-11, Chakbandi Road, Bhabua, P.S- Bhabua, Distt.- Kaimur (Bhabua). ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Rajesh Kumar Pathak For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Dilip Kumar No. 1 For the informant : Mr. Madan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 3 30-04-2026 1. Heard the parties. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Chand P.S. Case No. 285 of 2025 dated 10.11.2025 registered under Section 126(2) / 115 (2) / 352 / 351 (2) / 109 / 3(5) of the B.N.S. 2023. 3. As per the allegation made in the F.I.R. on 09.11.2025 at about 04:00 P.M. the F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioners armed with ‘khanti’, ‘garasa’, iron rod and ‘faruhi’ reached at the field of the informant and started abusing him and on the orders of the co-accused / Niraj Chaurasia, the petitioner no. 1-Bharat Chaurasia gave ‘khanti’ Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12425 of 2026(3) dt.30-04-2026 2/3 blow and petitioner no. 2- Shatrughan Chaurasia gave ‘garasa’ blow on the head of the informant. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and they have not committed any offence in the manner alleged. He further submits that there is case and counter case for an occurrence which has taken place due to irrigation of field between the parties and scuffle took place on the date of occurrence i.e. on 09.11.2025. According to the petitioners, the F.I.R. of the petitioners was not accepted, thereafter a complaint has been filed. The doctor has opined that injuries received by the informant are simple in nature and grievous injury caused on the nose of the informant is not attributable to the petitioners. 5. Mr. Madan, learned counsel for the informant vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail and submits that there is direct allegation against the petitioners that they assaulted with ‘khanti’ and ‘garasa’ on the head of the informant and due to impact of the assault the nose of the informant was also injured and the same has been described as grievous in nature. 6. Regard being had to the submission made by the parties, taking into consideration the fact that both the parties Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12425 of 2026(3) dt.30-04-2026 3/3 are co-villagers having dispute regarding irrigation, the occurrence has taken place on the same date for which a complaint case has been lodged by the side of petitioners and injury attributable to the petitioners on head are simple in nature, accordingly, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioners. 7. Let the petitioners, above named, be released on anticipatory bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of four weeks from today on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (rupees ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Judicial Magistrate First, Bhabua (Kaimur) in connection with Chand P.S. Case No. 285 of 2025 subject to the condition as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S. 2023. praful/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U T