Shiv Kumar Singh @ Shiva Kumar Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No. 46713 of 2025, decided 17-01-2026 by Sandeep Kumar, J. Anticipatory-bail-type application of Shiv Kumar Singh @ Shiva Kumar Singh, Umakant Tiwari @ Uma Pati and Chitranjan Singh (petitioners; counsel Manoj Kumar) against The State of Bihar and Panbatta Devi (complainant; counsel N.K. Agarwal, Sr. Adv. and Shiv Prasad Gupta), arising from Complaint Case No. 606© of 2024, PS Case No. 606 of 2024, Thana-Bhojpur, District Bhojpur, under Sections 420, 406, 323, 504, 506 IPC. Allegation: conspiracy sale of temple land and cheating of Rs. 6,24,000/-. Held: bail refused on account of the huge amount involved; application dismissed; petitioner directed to surrender within four weeks and seek regular bail, failing which Superintendent of Police, Bhojpur to effect arrest; copy of order to be sent to SP Bhojpur by FAX. No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Because the petitioners are alleged to have cheated the complainant of such a huge amount (Rs. 6,24,000/-), this Court is not inclined to grant bail to the petitioners.