Arun Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Jitendra Kumar, J.), Criminal Miscellaneous No.32742 of 2025, order dated 04-09-2025 arising out of Piar P.S. Case No. 206 of 2024, District Muzaffarpur. Anticipatory bail under the B.N.S., 2023 (Sections 115, 126(2), 76, 303(2), 117, 109, 351, 351(2), 3(5)) rejected in view of the head injury suffered by the woman informant allegedly assaulted over a garbage/land dispute; liberty granted to surrender and seek regular bail with a request for same-day, unprejudiced hearing. Keywords: anticipatory bail rejected; BNS 2023; assault on woman; head injury; land dispute; surrender and regular bail.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail rejected; however, petitioners given liberty to surrender before the learned Trial Court and file a regular bail application, with a request to the Court below to hear the bail petition on the same day without being prejudiced by the rejection of anticipatory bail.