IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.87748 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-257 Year-2025 Thana- ALAMNAGAR District- Madhepura ====================================================== 1. Tuntun Mehta S/o Bahadur Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 2. Bipin Mehta @ Bipin Kumar Mehta S/o Bahadur Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 3. Ravi Mehta @ Ravi Kumar Mehta S/o Akshewar Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 4. Bhashkar Kumar S/o Arun Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 5. Rakesh Kumar S/o Arun Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 6. Khushilal Mehta S/o Tuntun Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 7. Dhiraj Kumar S/o Narayan Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 8. Sanoj Mehta S/o Chicho Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura 9. Mukesh Mehta S/o Kartik Mehta R/o Village - Alamnagar, Ward No. 19, P.S - Alamnagar, District - Madhepura ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Barun Kumar Singh For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anish Chandra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 2 21-01-2026 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109(1), 75, 352, 351(2), of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87748 of 2025(2) dt.21-01-2026 2/4 the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 27 of Arms Act. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner no. 1 has antecedent of one case and petitioner nos. 2 to 9 are persons with clean antecedent and the informant alleges that on 10-8-2025, his maternal nephew by mistake dashed Bahadur by his bicycle, on which Bahadur assaulted him with fist and slap, hence informant tried to reason out with Bahadur, when Bahadur abused and left and thereafter again came with the accused persons including the petitioners at 8:30 pm and Bahadur assaulted Dharam with farsa causing injury on head, while Tuntun assaulted Ranjit by farsa causing injury on back side of the head, thereafter Bipin assaulted Urmila by lathi on head and Ravi along with other accused persons assaulted the informant by lathi, fist and slap causing injury on different part of the body while Tuntun and Bipin fired in the air. 4. 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 side of the petitioner also Alamnagar PS case No. 258 of 2025 has instituted against the informant and his side. It is also submitted that on account of dispute which had arisen on account of dashing of Bahadur by bicycle, the occurrence is alleged to have Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87748 of 2025(2) dt.21-01-2026 3/4 taken place in which both sides assaulted each other. It is further submitted that no doubt it is alleged that side of the petitioners assaulted Dharam, Ranjit, Urmila and informant, but then the injury suffered by the injured has been opined to be simple by the doctor. It is submitted that even from perusal of the FIR, it would manifest that the blow is not alleged to have been repeated. It is next submitted that petitioners are not criminals and on account of minor dispute, the occurrence took place for which FIRs came to be instituted from both the side. It is further submitted that allegation of firing is exaggerated and ornamental as no one was injured in the firing nor any empty cartridge was recovered from the place of occurrence. 5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds 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 Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.87748 of 2025(2) dt.21-01-2026 4/4 Alamnagar P.S. Case No. 257 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS. Sumit/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T