Pankaj Kumar @ Pankaj Pandey v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; maintainability of bail application in SC/ST (POA) Act matter; trivial dispute; FIR-based finding of no caste-based offence; BNS Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 74, 352, 351(2); SC/ST (POA) Act Sections 3(2)(s), 3(1)(r), 3(1)(w), 3(2)(va); rejection order dated 08.08.2025 set aside; release on bail on arrest/surrender within four weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS; Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.3590 of 2025; Amba P.S. Case No. 53 of 2025, P.S. Amba, District Aurangabad; decided 12-03-2026; Sandep Kumar / Sandeep Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
Appeal allowed; order dated 08.08.2025 rejecting anticipatory bail set aside; appellants to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender within four weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of like amount, subject to conditions under S. 438(2) CrPC / S. 482(2) BNSS.