Subodh Kumar Yadav @ Suvodh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2025)

Subodh Kumar Yadav @ Suvodh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Release on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, upon bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Lakhisarai, in Bannu Bagicha PS Case No.47 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, who apprehend arrest in connection with Bannu Bagicha PS Case No.47 of 2025 dated 21.06.2025, should be released on bail.

Court's answer

Having considered the facts and circumstances and the submissions of learned counsel, the court directed that, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from the date of the order, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Lakhisarai, in Bannu Bagicha PS Case No.47 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

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Patna High Court (Khatim Reza, J.), Criminal Miscellaneous No. 65867 of 2025, order dated 17-09-2025 — Application of Subodh Kumar Yadav @ Suvodh Kumar and Anandi Sao @ Anandi Yadav, who apprehended arrest in Bannu Bagicha PS Case No. 47 of 2025 dated 21.06.2025 (District Lakhisarai), instituted under Sections 127(1), 115(2), 109, 352 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, allowed. Allegations were of assaulting the informant with a Danda — petitioner no. 1 on the head and petitioner no. 2 on the back and other parts of the body — whereby the informant received simple injuries (injury report annexed as Annexure-2); counsel submitted the petitioners had no criminal antecedents. The court, having considered the facts and circumstances and submissions of learned counsel, directed that, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1st Class, Lakhisarai, in Bannu Bagicha PS Case No. 47 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. Learned APP opposed the prayer for bail.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.65867 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-47 Year-2025 Thana- BANNUBAGICHA District- Lakhisarai

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Subodh Kumar Yadav @ Suvodh Kumar, Male, aged about 36 years, S/o Anandi Yadav @ Anandi Saw,

Anandi Sao @ Anandi Yadav, Male, aged about 65 years, S/o Late Dawarika Yadav, Both R/o Village- Agaiya, P.S.- Bannu Bagicha, District- Lakhisarai

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Md Irshad, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nirmal Kumar Sinha, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER

2 17-09-2025

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned

Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

The petitioners apprehend arrest in connection with Bannu Bagicha PS Case No.47 of 2025 dated 21.06.2025, instituted under Sections 127(1), 115(2), 109, 352, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

The allegation against the petitioners and others is of assaulting the informant. Specific allegation against petitioner no.1 is that he assaulted the informant on his head by means of Danda and against petitioner no.2 is that he assaulted the informant by means of Danda on the back and other parts of the body.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.65867 of 2025(2) dt.17-09-2025 2/2

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that there is specific allegation that the petitioner no.1 assaulted the informant on his head by means of Danda and the petitioner no.2 assaulted on the back and hand of the informant by means of Danda due to which the informant received simple injuries. Injury report of the informant is annexed as Annexure-2. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

Learned APP has opposed the prayer for bail.

Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioners be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, 1^st Class, Lakhisarai, in Bannu Bagicha PS Case No.47 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha

Sanhita , 2023.

The application stands allowed.

J. Alam/-

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