Sandesh Kumar @ Sandesh Yadav @ Sandesh Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Anticipatory bail – Arms Act – Identification via viral photograph
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No. 20184 of 2026, decided 15-07-2026 by Rajiv Roy, J. Anticipatory bail granted to Sandesh Kumar @ Sandesh Yadav @ Sandesh Kumar Yadav (aged 21) in Yogapatti P.S. Case No. 49 of 2026, District West Champaran, for offences under Sections 25(1-B)(a) and 25(9) of the Arms Act; FIR dated 04.02.2026 lodged by informant Anil Kumar Pandit after a viral photograph of a boy with firearms was identified by the local chowkidar and confirmed by the petitioner's father. Bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount each; conditions include monthly police-station reporting for six months and attendance on every trial date. Counsel: Brij Kishor Mishra for the petitioner; Bharat Bhushan, APP for the State.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted — release on bail upon arrest/surrender within four weeks of receipt of the order, on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Yogapatti P.S. Case No. 49 of 2026, subject to six enumerated conditions (family-member surety with official ID; cooperation with investigation; attendance on every trial date; monthly police-station reporting for six months with certificate; no witness inducement/tampering; abstention from fresh offences).