Vikash Kumar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Pre-arrest (anticipatory) bail, Patna High Court, CR. MISC. No.11630 of 2026, decided 27-04-2026, Purnendu Singh, J. Key elements: Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 126(2), 115(2), 109(1), 352, 3(5); Section 482(2) BNSS bail conditions; refusal of bail where specific and direct allegation of assault with iron rod causing apparently grievous head injury; grant of bail to co-accused where no specific overt act attributed except general allegation of attempted assault with axe; bail bond Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties; four-week window to surrender before District Court; automatic lapse of bail order on adverse antecedent verification; counsel's pleas of false implication due to land dispute and political rivalry and clean antecedents; Kajra P.S. Case No. 101 of 2025, Thana Kajra, District Lakhisarai, Bihar.
What did the court decide?
Pre-arrest bail granted to petitioner no. 2, Bittu Kumar @ Hemant, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned District Court, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions and criminal-antecedent verification; the prayer was refused for petitioner no. 1, Vikash Kumar.