Surendhar Rai @ Surendra Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

Surendhar Rai @ Surendra Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petitioners to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within six weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Barh, Patna, in connection with Salimpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioners, who apprehend arrest in Salimpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025 registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, should be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below.

Court's answer

Anticipatory bail granted: having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, the nature of allegation and the clean antecedent of the petitioners, the petitioners are to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within six weeks from the date of the order.

Ratio / Principle

Bail is conditional: each petitioner to furnish bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Barh, Patna, in connection with Salimpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail granted (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J.) to two accused apprehending arrest in Salimpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025, Patna, registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Allegation: abuse and assault on the informant's husband; petitioner no. 1 allegedly assaulted the informant's devar with an iron rod, the doctor having found the injury simple in nature; no specific allegation against petitioner no. 2; petitioners stated to have no criminal antecedent. Release ordered in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks on bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned ACJM-I, Barh, Patna, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS conditions.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.14944 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-174 Year-2025 Thana- SALIMPUR District- Patna

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Surendhar Rai @ Surendra Kumar S/o Upendra Rai @ Dholak Rai R/o Village - Gyaspur Mahaji, P.S - Salimpur, District - Patna

Babu Saheb @ Pravindra Ray S/o Vakil Rai R/o Village - Gyaspur Mahaji, P.S - Salimpur, District - Patna

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mrs. Priyanka Singh, Advocate Mr. Aditya Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Manoj Kumar, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER

2 12-03-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and

learned A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case registered under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

As per prosecution case, the accused persons abused

and assaulted the husband of the informant due to which he sustained injury. It is alleged that petitioner no. 1 assaulted the devar of the informant with iron rod due to which he sustained injury.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in the

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.14944 of 2026(2) dt.12-03-2026 2/2

present case. Further submission is that though there is allegation against the petitioner no. 1 of assaulting the devar of the informant with iron rod but doctor has found the injury simple in nature. There is no specific allegation against the petitioner no. 2. Petitioners have no criminal antecedent. They undertake to cooperate in the investigation and trial.

Learned A.P.P. appearing on behalf of the State opposed the bail application.

Having considered the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of allegation and clean antecedent of the petitioners, let the above named petitioners be released on bail, in the event of arrest or surrender before the learned court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-I, Barh, Patna in connection with Salimpur P.S. Case No. 174 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)

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