Ujjwal Kumar Singh @ Ujjwal Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

Ujjwal Kumar Singh @ Ujjwal Kumar Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, apprehending arrest in Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025 instituted under Sections 126(2), 308(2), 352, 351(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109(1), 303(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S., should be released on anticipatory bail.

Court's answer

Anticipatory bail granted: in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, the petitioner shall be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

Ratio / Principle

The grant of anticipatory bail rested on the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of counsel, the existence of case and counter case between the parties, and the circumstance that the allegation against the petitioner was not corroborated by the injury report (informant's injuries being simple, caused by hard and blunt substance).

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory Bail — Patna High Court (Sunil Dutta Mishra, J), 07-04-2026 — Applicant apprehending arrest in Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025 (East Champaran) under Sections 126(2), 308(2), 352, 351(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109(1), 303(2), 3(5) B.N.S. for allegedly assaulting the informant with a farsa causing head injury during a land-dispute altercation and snatching Rs. 5,000/- — Held, bail granted in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran, subject to conditions in Section 482 (2) B.N.S.S., 2023 — Reasons: case and counter case between neighbouring parties; informant's injuries simple, by hard and blunt substance, not corroborating the prosecution version; petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail and undertakes to co-operate with investigation and trial; State opposed the prayer.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2885 of 2026

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-98 Year-2025 Thana- DUMARIAGHAT District- East

Champaran

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Ujjwal Kumar Singh @ Ujjwal Kumar Son of Brijnandan Singh Resident of village - Barharwa Khurd, Ps- Dumariyaghat, Dist- East Champaran

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Parmanand Kumar, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SUNIL DUTTA MISHRA ORAL ORDER

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Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025, instituted under Sections 126(2), 308(2), 352, 351(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109(1), 303(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S.

As per the prosecution case, on the date of occurrence all the F.I.R. named accused persons including the petitioner came and co-accused Brijnandan Singh asked him to deliver the said land to him. On protest, co-accused Ravindra Singh ordered to kill the informant, on which petitioner assaulted the informant with farsa causing head injury. Other accused persons also assaulted the informant. They snatched

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cash of Rs. 5,000/- from the informant's pocket.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Due to land dispute altercation took place between the parties in which both the parties got injures for which there is case and counter case. Both the parties are neighbours. Injuries of the informant is found to be simple in nature caused by hard and blunt substance and the same does not corroborate the prosecution case. Petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail. Petitioner undertakes to co-operate in the investigation and trial.

Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.

Considering the facts and circumstances of the case submission of learned counsel for the parties, case and counter case between the parties and allegation against the petitioner not corroborated with injury report, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks from today, the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate, Motihari, East Champaran in connection with

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Dumariyaghat P.S. Case No. 98 of 2025, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482 (2) of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (B.N.S.S.), 2023.

(Sunil Dutta Mishra, J)

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