Uday Mahto @ Uday Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Arms Act offences (Sections 25(1-b)a, 26, 35)
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court Criminal Miscellaneous No.24340 of 2025, decided 02-05-2025 by Anil Kumar Sinha, J: anticipatory bail application under Sections 25(1-b)a, 26, 35 of the Arms Act (Runnisaidpur PS Case No. 415 of 2024, Sitamarhi) rejected on the grounds of the nature of allegation and the petitioner's serious criminal antecedents; petitioner alleged to have been implicated through disclosure of co-accused Ram Sakal Mukhia regarding a recovered country made pistol.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail refused: taking into consideration the nature of the allegation and the fact that the petitioner has criminal antecedents of a serious nature of offence, the court was not inclined to grant the petitioner the privilege of anticipatory bail. ¶18