Moti Chand Chaurasia v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No.38954 of 2025; anticipatory bail allowed; Justice Jitendra Kumar; decided 15-09-2025; petitioners Moti Chand Chaurasia and 20 others versus State of Bihar; Bhangaha P.S. Case No. 98 of 2024 dated 16.11.2024 (Thana BAGHA, West Champaran); offences under Sections 115(2), 118, 117(2), 109, 126(2), 191(2), 190, 308(2), 352, 351(2), 119(1), 61(2), 303(2) of B.N.S., 2023; alleged assault on informant and five others over Shree Satyanarayan Bhagwan Temple, Narkatiyaganj and Shree Sundarmal Jhunjhunwala Dharamsala land; counter case Bhangaha P.S. Case No. 99 of 2024; bail bonds Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties; Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 conditions; counsel Shashank Chandra (petitioners) and Pushpa Sinha, APP (State).
What did the court decide?
All twenty-one petitioners directed to be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., 2023 conditions and two additional cancellation conditions (concealed criminal antecedents; false statement regarding previous bail petition).