IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.19113 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-241 Year-2024 Thana- Arwal District- Arwal ====================================================== Devendra Pandit Son of Late Pradeep Pandit Resident of Village- Satpura, P.S.- Arwal, District- Arwal ... ... Petitioner/s Versus The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Om Prakash Om, Advocate For the State : Mr. Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 2 06-04-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. 2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 241 of 2024 in a case registered for the offence punishable under Sections 147, 149, 341, 323, 307, 379 and 504 of the IPC. 3. As per the prosecution story, on 24.06.2024, the accused persons including the petitioner armed with iron rods and sticks, assaulted the informant’s wife and mother-in-law. During the attack, the petitioner inflicted a head injury on the informant’s wife with an iron rod, while other accused persons stole jewelry worth Rs. 30,000/- before fleeing. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is evident from the First Information Report that as many as seven Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19113 of 2026(2) dt.06-04-2026 2/3 persons were named in the FIR, including the petitioner, who allegedly came variously armed and indulged in hurling abuses. Thereafter, the allegation against this petitioner is that he assaulted the wife of the informant by means of an iron rod. It is further submitted that the petitioner and the informant are next- door neighbors and there was a land dispute between them. The injury report of the informant’s wife indicates that the injury is in the nature of a laceration, and the same has been found to be simple in nature, caused by a hard and blunt substance. 5. Learned APP for the State has opposed the application for anticipatory bail. 6. Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances and also considering the fact that the petitioner and the informant are neighbors having land dispute between them and the injuries are found to be simple in nature, let the above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of four weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned court below where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Arwal P.S. Case No. 241 of 2024, subject to the condition as laid down Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.19113 of 2026(2) dt.06-04-2026 3/3 under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C./482(2) of the B.N.S.S., subject to the conditions that: (I) One of the bailors will be a family member/close relative. (II) The petitioner shall cooperate in the investigation/trial and in case of non-cooperation, the prosecution would be at liberty to move an application for cancelling the bail bonds of the petitioner. priyanka/- (Soni Shrivastava, J) U T