Ujail Khan v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 32350 of 2026, decided 07-05-2026 by S. B. Pd. Singh, J. Anticipatory bail allowed to petitioner Ujail Khan apprehending arrest in Janta Bazar P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, District Saran, for offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2), 351(2), 352 and 3(5) of the BNS. Counsel pointed to a cross-case (Janta Bazar P.S. Case No. 162 of 2025 by the petitioner's wife Afrina Khatoon) and absence in the FIR of any allegation of assault against the petitioner; the APP opposed. Bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount; conditions of Section 482 BNSS imposed; one bailor to be a close relative. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail in the event of arrest or surrender within four weeks on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Saran, Chapra, in connection with Janta Bazar P.S. Case No. 160 of 2025, subject to the conditions under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., and with one bailor to be a close relative of the petitioner.