Patna High Court – Orders
Anil Paswan vs The State Of Bihar on 24 July, 2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.47953 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-191 Year-2026 Thana- HARNAUT District- Nalanda
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Anil Paswan S/O Devendra Paswan R/O Village- Hasanchak, P.S- Harnaut,
District- Nalanda.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Gautam, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Uday Chand Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN KUMAR JHA
ORAL ORDER
2 24-07-2026
Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing
on behalf of the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in
connection with Harnaut P.S. Case No. 191 of 2026 registered
for the offences punishable under Sections 329(3), 329(4),
126(2), 127(2), 115(2), 118, 447, 448, 323, 341, 342, 325, 326,
3. The allegation against the petitioner is that he
assaulted the informant with an iron rod on his head. It is further
alleged that he abused the informant’s side and snatched the
locket and gold ornaments belonging to Renu Devi.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
petitioner and the informant are agnates and their houses are
situated adjacent to each other. It is further submitted that some
construction work was going on in the petitioner’s house, and
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the FIR contains an exaggerated version of the alleged
occurrence. Learned counsel further submits that the impugned
order itself reflects that the injuries sustained are simple in
nature. It is also submitted that the petitioner is a man of clean
antecedent.
5. Learned APP appearing for the State has
vehemently opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Having considered the rival submissions advanced
on behalf of the parties, particularly the nature of the injuries,
the clean antecedent of the petitioner, and the fact that the
petitioner and the informant are agnates, let the petitioner named
above be released on anticipatory bail, in the event of his 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) with two sureties of the like amount
each of the satisfaction of learned ACJM-I at Biharsharif,
Nalanda/concerned court, in connection with Harnaut P.S. Case
No. 191 of 2026, subject to the conditions as laid down under
Section 482(2) of the BNSS.
(Ranjan Kumar Jha, J)
rishabh/-
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