Dinesh Yadav Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Dinesh Yadav Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from receipt of the order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda, in connection with Telmar P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., with one of the bailors to be a close relative of the petitioner.

Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner, who is apprehending arrest in connection with Telmar P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025 for the offences under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 74, 303(2), 352 and 351(2) of the BNS.

Court's answer

Keeping in view the aforesaid facts, the Court was inclined to extend the petitioner the privilege of anticipatory bail.

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner is to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks from receipt of the order, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda, in connection with Telmar P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025.

Key takeaways

The release is subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., with the additional condition that one of the bailors be a close relative of the petitioner.ratio¶23

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail granted. Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.22154 of 2026 (arising out of Telmar P.S. Case No.98 of 2025, District Nalanda), decided 08-04-2026 by Honourable Mr. Justice S. B. PD. Singh (oral order). Petitioner Dinesh Yadav, apprehending arrest for offences under Sections 191(2), 190, 126(2), 115(2), 117(2), 109, 74, 303(2), 352 and 351(2) of the BNS, was extended the privilege of anticipatory bail. Prosecution case: incident of 31.12.2025 at Village Kazichak in which the informant, summoned by her husband Nitish Kumar, was abused and assaulted along with her mother Phula Devi, who suffered grievous head injury with profuse bleeding. Learned counsel pleaded innocence, alleged general and omnibus allegations stemming from a family dispute, asserted clean antecedents, and invoked parity with co-accused Dipu Yadav, already granted bail by a Co-ordinate Bench (Cr. Misc. No.18162 of 2026, order dated 02.04.2026); learned APP opposed. Court ordered release on arrest or surrender within four weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten thousand) each with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nalanda, subject to the conditions of Section 482 B.N.S.S. and the condition that one bailor be a close relative of the petitioner.