Jai Kishore Yadav v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC29 Apr 2026CR. MISC./26358/2026

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What is this about?

Anticipatory bail; Patna High Court; Criminal Miscellaneous No. 26358 of 2026; Jai Kishore Yadav v. State of Bihar; Section 303(2) BNS; Section 482(2) BNSS; battery theft; Exide batteries; Airtel Tower; Indus Tower Company Limited; truck HR 6706934; Jagdishpur P.S. Case Nos. 48, 49 and 54 of 2025; West Champaran; Bettiah; Ritesh Kumar, J.; 29-04-2026.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025 — release on bail upon arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions and the antecedent-verification condition. ¶¶20

Jai Kishore Yadav Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

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Issue for consideration

Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner, who apprehends arrest in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025 for offence under Section 303(2) BNS (theft of 24 Exide batteries from an Indus Tower site).

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Court's answer

The petitioner's name transpired during investigation only because he happens to be the owner of the truck on which the seized battery was being loaded; the court considered this, together with the truck's having been hired/booked for battery transport while returning after delivery, sufficient to grant bail.

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Ratio / Principle

Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, petitioner to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M., 1st Class, Bettiah, West Champaran, in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.

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Key takeaways

Further condition: the court concerned shall verify the petitioner's criminal antecedents; if concealment of antecedents is found at any stage, steps shall be taken for cancellation of the bail bond; however, acceptance of bail bonds shall not be delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.ratio¶¶21

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Patna High Court (Ritesh Kumar, J.) grants anticipatory bail to Jai Kishore Yadav in Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025 (S. 303(2) BNS — theft of 24 Exide batteries from an Indus Tower site at Vishunpura, West Champaran). His name had surfaced only as owner of truck (Regn. No. HR 6706934) seized while stolen batteries were being loaded; the truck, hired by a transport company, was booked for battery loading while returning after delivery of goods. He already held anticipatory bail in cognate Case No. 48 of 2025 (Cr. Misc. No. 65848 of 2025, order dt. 17.09.2025) and is accused in Case No. 54 of 2025. Bail directed within six weeks of arrest/surrender on bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two like sureties to J.M., 1st Class, Bettiah, subject to S. 482(2) B.N.S.S. conditions and verification of criminal antecedents, without delaying acceptance of bonds in the name of verification.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.26358 of 2026

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Arising Out of PS. Case No.-49 Year-2025 Thana- Jagdishpur District- West Champaran

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Jai Kishore Yadav S/o Sheoji Yadav Resident of Village - B3, Ground Floor, Shivpuri Badali, P.S.- Badali North, District - West Delhi

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sitesh Kashyap, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Amitesh Kumar, APP ======================================================

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RITESH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

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2 29-04-2026 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and

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the learned APP for the State.

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The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025, for allegedly having committed offence under Section 303(2) of the BNS.

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As per the prosecution story, which has been lodged on the basis of the written report submitted by the informant to the effect that on 08.03.2025 at 10:00 A.M., when the informant, who is an employee of the Indus Tower Company Limited arrived at the site, he came to know that unknown thieves have stolen away 24 pieces of Exide battery from the site situated at village Vishunpura, P.S.- Jagdishpur.

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The learned counsel for the petitioner submits

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26358 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 2/4

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that initially Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 48 of 2025 was lodged under Section 303(2) of the B.N.S. against unknown persons with respect to the theft of battery of Airtel Tower and in this case, involvement of a truck bearing Registration No. HR 6706934 came and the said truck was seized, while some stolen batteries were being loaded on the same. The petitioner is the owner of the said truck and he resides at West Delhi and only on the basis of the fact that he is the owner of the truck, his name has transpired in the present cases. He further submits that the truck in question had come to Bihar to deliver some goods and after delivery of goods, when truck was returning it was hired for transportation of battery and when the battery was being loaded on the said truck, it was seized by the Police and the driver Kamlesh Kumar and others were arrested. The petitioner has been granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by a learned co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 17.09.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 65848 of 2025 in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 48 of 2025. He also submits that he is an accused in another case bearing Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 54 of 2025, which also relates to the theft of battery.

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The learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer for bail of the petitioner.

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26358 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 3/4

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Having heard the rival submissions and after going through the records, it appears that the name of the petitioner transpired during course of investigation since, he happens to be the owner of the truck, on which the seized battery was being loaded. His truck was hired by a transport company for delivery of some goods in the State of Bihar and while returning, the same was booked for loading some batteries. However, the truck was seized, while some batteries were being loaded on the said truck. Considering the above, let the petitioner, above named, in the event of arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned J.M., 1^st Class, Bettiah, West Champaran in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case No. 49 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S., with further condition:

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(1) The learned Court concerned shall verify the criminal antecedent of the petitioner and in case at any stage, it is found that the petitioner has concealed his criminal antecedents, the court concerned shall take steps for cancellation of bail bond of the petitioner. However, the acceptance of bail bonds in terms of the above-mentioned order shall not be

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Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.26358 of 2026(2) dt.29-04-2026 4/4

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delayed for purpose of or in the name of verification.

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(Ritesh Kumar, J)

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AjayMishra/-

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