IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.89518 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-233 Year-2024 Thana- AMAS District- Gaya ====================================================== Md. Imroz Alam @ Imroz Khan @ Mandakni @ Chhotu S/o Md. Naseem Alam @ Naseem Khan Resident of Village - Sihuli, P.S.- Amas, District - Gaya ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md. Javed Jafar Khan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tiwary, APP For the Informant : Mr. Amit Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIV ROY ORAL ORDER 2 28-01-2026 Heard Mr. Md. Javed Jafar Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Amit Kumar, learned counsel representing the informant beside learned APP representing the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Amas P.S. Case No. 233 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 111, 109, 61(2) and 3(5) of the B.N.S. and section 25(1-B)a, 26, 35 and 27 of the Arms Act, lodged on 24.07.2024 by the informant Kedar Bhagat. 3. The informant is a Police Official who was stationed at Sub-Divisional Court, Sherghati, Gaya and has lodged the F.I.R. stating that the accused Arman Khan was presented before the court of learned Judicial Magistrate, First Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89518 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/5 Class, Sherghati, Gaya. As he was to be taken back to the Jail after his appearance and in the process, was being taken to the Cell inside the Court Campus, the allegation is that the accused persons opened fire on him. The Police in retaliation also opened fire and in the process, injuries sustained both by the accused Arman Khan as also the informant. The Police chased some of the accused and ultimately caught hold of them alongwith the revolver. The two accused gave their names as Rahul Upadhyaya and Shahbaz Khan and further gave the names of other as Siraj Siddhiqui, Mehdi Hasan, Idani, Arif Khan and others who were stationed at Rohit International Hotel in Sasaram. This led to the F.I.R. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a perusal of the F.I.R. would show that he has not been named by the persons who were apprehended on the spot. Later, the accused Armanullah Khan @ Arman Khan @ Foto Khan in his statement has named him as a person who was also riding the second motorcycle and opened fire. There is absolutely no case against him and nor he has criminal antecedent. 5. Learned counsel for the informant on the other hand opposes the prayer submitting that with conspiracy and to put pressure on Armanullah Khan @ Arman Khan @ Foto Khan Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89518 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/5 not to appear/depose as a witness in a case lodged against the accused side, in the court premises itself, firing took place, Armanullah Khan @ Arman Khan @ Foto Khan was injured and later gave his statement where he has named this petitioner. He further submits that even the bail application application of Shahid Khan, one of the co-accused has been rejected by a coordinate Bench in Cr. Misc. No. 16402 of 2025 (Shahid Khan vs. the State of Bihar). 6. This Court has gone through the facts of the case and the materials on record. An incident has taken place in the Civil Court Campus, Sherghati. The unfortunate part is that the accused have now become emboldened enough to even enter the court premises to execute their plan. Two of the accused persons were arrested after a long chase, they gave certain names. The injured, Armanullah Khan @ Arman Khan @ Foto Khan who was attacked, in his statement has named this petitioner. In that background, no case for anticipatory bail is made out. The same is accordingly rejected. 7. Having passed the order, this Court is constrained to put on record the fact that the present case is an eye opener clearly showing security lapses in the Civil Court campuses in the State of Bihar and the holes have to be plugged immediately. Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89518 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 4/5 When this order was being delivered; in came another news that the accused entered the Patna Civil Court campus on 28.01.2026 with revolvers. Further, on the same day, five Civil Courts (Bhagalpur, Samastipur, Siwan, Begusarai and Muzaffarpur) received bomb threats through emails. 8. It is high time that the authorities ensure that the Civil Court campuses are fully sanitized so that no one [save and except the Dignatories, the Judicial Officers, the Civil Court staffs (with identity card around their neck), the learned counsels, their registered clerks (having Identity Card around their neck)] is allowed to enter the Court premises unless he/she is able to prove his/her identity (through the Aadhar Card/Voter I-card/Driving License etc). Further, their belongings be also checked in a routine manner at the Civil Court gate itself. Both the male/female Police Officers should be stationed alongwith the required machine to make foolproof entry in the Civil Court campus. Even in the campus, regular frisking be done to avoid untoward incident. 9. Office is directed to communicate the copy of the order to all the Principal District Judges in the State of Bihar immediately so that they can take effective steps for the safety and security of the Civil Court campuses in consultation with Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.89518 of 2025(2) dt.28-01-2026 5/5 the District Police Officials. 10. List this case under the heading ‘To Be Mentioned’ on 13.02.2026 to peruse the compliance report by the office. vinayak/- (Rajiv Roy, J) U T