Tinku @ Bhutta v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – refusal – Offences punishable under Sections 4/5 of the Explosive Substance Act
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail denied; Explosive Substance Act Sections 4/5; eight bombs recovered from ruined house of Tribhuwan Singh; petitioner not named in FIR; one criminal antecedent of serious nature; parity with co-accused Bittu Kumar @ Bittu (Criminal Misc. No. 51334 of 2024, order dt. 23.09.2024) rejected; Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.61950 of 2024; Honourable Mr. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha; decided 17-10-2024; Vaishali; Hajipur Town P.S. Case No. 163 of 2024.
What did the court decide?
In weighing the anticipatory bail plea, the court took into account that the petitioner is not named in the First Information Report but has one criminal antecedent of serious nature, whereas the co-accused who had been granted anticipatory bail by a co-ordinate Bench had no criminal antecedent. ¶21