Rajnish Kumar @ Ranish Kumar @ Tuntun @ Raj Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Second application – Maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J), 19-12-2025: dismissed second anticipatory bail application, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71428 of 2025 (PS Case 192/2024, Guraru, Gaya), as not maintainable absent any change of circumstances or new ground, relying on G.R. Ananda Babu v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2021 SCC OnLine SC 176; earlier anticipatory bail petition rejected 10.04.2025 in Cr. Misc. No. 18195 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
The present (second) anticipatory bail application does not reveal any change of circumstances or new ground. ¶17