Arjun Chaupal @ Arjun Tanti Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

Arjun Chaupal @ Arjun Tanti Vs The State of Bihar — Anticipatory Bail | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner to be released on bail on arrest or surrender within six weeks, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS conditions, conditioned on payment of Rs. 7,000/- per month maintenance to the informant from March 2026 (subject to any maintenance order of the Court below).

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, who apprehends arrest in Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024 for offences under Sections 341, 342, 323, 506, 504, 498(A) and 34 IPC (alleged dowry-related assault and torture of the victim), should be granted anticipatory bail.

Court's answer

The anticipatory bail application is allowed; in view of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar (2014) 8 SCC 273, the petitioner, in the event of arrest or surrender before the Court below within six weeks, is to be released on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to the conditions in Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS.

Ratio / Principle

As a condition of the bail order, the petitioner is directed to pay monthly maintenance of Rs. 7,000/- to the informant from March 2026 (March 2026 instalment before 31.03.2026, and thereafter every month before the 10th day of the month); this maintenance direction is expressly made subject to the outcome of any order passed by the concerned Court below in maintenance proceedings.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail – granted. The Patna High Court (Sandeep Kumar, J.), by oral order dated 10-03-2026 in Criminal Miscellaneous No. 50922 of 2025, allowed the anticipatory bail application of Arjun Chaupal @ Arjun Tanti, who apprehended arrest in Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024 (District Samastipur) for offences under Sections 341, 342, 323, 506, 504, 498(A) and 34 IPC, the prosecution alleging assault and torture of the victim for demand of dowry. Relying on the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, (2014) 8 SCC 273, the Court directed that, in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, the petitioner 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 A.C.J.M., Rosera / concerned Court below, subject to the conditions in Section 438(2) CrPC / Section 482 BNSS. As a condition of the order, the petitioner was directed to pay maintenance of Rs. 7,000/- per month to the informant from March 2026 (March instalment before 31.03.2026, thereafter by the 10th of each month), such maintenance direction being subject to the outcome of any maintenance proceedings before the Court below.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.50922 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-8 Year-2024 Thana- HASANPUR District- Samastipur

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Arjun Chaupal @ Arjun Tanti S/o Lalan Tanti R/o Village- Khurunda Birpur, P.S.- Hasanpur, Dist.- Samastipur

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

Guriya Devi W/o Arjun Tanti D/oButan Chaupal R/o Vill Neerpur Bharaiya P.S. Sindhiya Distt Samastipur At Present R/o Khurunda Birpur P.S. Hasanpur Distt Samastipur.

... ... Opposite Party/s

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Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Amitabh Sohan, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Anil Kumar Singh No. 1, APP ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP KUMAR ORAL ORDER

4 10-03-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

APP for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024 for the offences under Sections 341, 342, 323, 506, 504, 498(A) and 34 of I.P.C.

As per the prosecution case, the petitioner is accused of assaulting and torturing the victim for demand of dowry.

It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is innocent and he has falsely been implicated in this case.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50922 of 2025(4) dt.10-03-2026 2/3

Learned counsel for the State has opposed the application of the petitioner.

6 . Considering the submission of the parties and in view of the law laid down by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Arnesh Kumar Vs. State of Bihar reported in (2014) 8 SCC 273 , this application of grant of anticipatory bail is allowed.

Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the concerned Court below within six weeks from today, 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 court of A.C.J.M, Rosera, Dist.- Samastipur /concerned Court below in connection with Hasanpur P.S. Case No. 08 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 / Section 482 of the BNSS.

As a condition of this order, the petitioner is directed to pay a maintenance amount of Rs. 7,000/- from the month of March, 2026 to the informant and the maintenance for the month of March, 2026 shall be paid to the informant before 31.03.2026 and thereafter the maintenance amount from the month of April, 2026 shall be paid to the informant every month

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.50922 of 2025(4) dt.10-03-2026 3/3

before the 10^th day of the month.

It is made clear that the aforesaid maintenance

order will be subject to the outcome of any order of concerned

Court below passed in maintenance proceedings, if any.

(Sandeep Kumar, J)

tusharika/-

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