Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.24047 of 2026, decided 22-04-2026 by Honourable Mr. Justice Anil Kumar Sinha (oral order). Anticipatory bail application under Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482(2) BNSS, 2023 allowed for petitioners Pancham Kumar and Sanjiv Kumar in Naubatpur Police Station Case No. 472 of 2025 (Thana Naubatpur, District Patna), arising from alleged theft of three buffaloes and offences under Sections 303(2) and 317(2) of the BNS, 2023; petitioner no. 2 implicated as vehicle owner and petitioner no. 1 as driver based on a recovered mobile phone; bail granted considering nature of offence and absence of criminal antecedents; bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties before ACJM-VI, Danapur, Patna. For the petitioners: Mr. Rama Shankar Gautam; for the Opposite Party (State of Bihar): Mr. Rajiv Nayan. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to both petitioners: in the event of their arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, they are to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate-VI, Danapur, Patna, in connection with Naubatpur Police Station Case No. 472 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure / Section 482(2) of the BNSS, 2023.