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

Bindeshwari Yadav 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 in the event of arrest or surrender within six weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, apprehending arrest in Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024 for offences under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 308(2), 308(5), 303(2), 109, 352 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act, should be released on anticipatory bail.

Court's answer

The petitioner, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks, is to be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court.

Ratio / Principle

The anticipatory bail is made subject to the conditions laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S., in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail granted (Patna High Court, Satyavrat Verma, J., order dated 10-02-2026) in CR. MISC. No.66648 of 2025 arising from Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024 (District Bhagalpur), registered under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 308(2), 308(5), 303(2), 109, 352 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act. Petitioner, a senior citizen aged about 76 years with one antecedent case, was alleged to have participated in loot at multiple shops at Lattipur chowk, firing 20-25 rounds and threatening shopkeepers with extortion of Rs.10,000/- each. Counsel submitted that the petitioner was not named in the FIR and was implicated on a confessional statement of an apprehended accused in police custody, that the allegations were general and omnibus, and that similarly situated co-accused Manish Kumar Yadav had been granted anticipatory bail by a Coordinate Bench order dated 01.08.2025 in Cr. Misc. No.52545/2025; the learned A.P.P. opposed. The Court directed release on anticipatory bail upon arrest or surrender within six weeks on a bail bond of Rs.10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the conditions under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.66648 of 2025

Arising Out of PS. Case No.-195 Year-2024 Thana- KHARIK District- Bhagalpur

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Bindeshwari Yadav S/o Late Shanichar Yadav R/o Village- Lattipur, P.S.Kharik, District- Bhagalpur

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar

... ... Opposite Party/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Ganesh Prasad Singh ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER

2 10-02-2026

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned

A.P.P. for the State.

The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 308(2), 308(5), 303(2), 109, 352 of the B.N.S., 2023 and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a senior citizen, aged about 76 years and has antecedent of one case and allegation is of committing loot in multiple shops at Lattipur chowk, including that of the informant and also terrorized the area by firing 20-25 rounds and also threatened the shopkeepers to pay extortion of Rs.10,000/- each or face arson.

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66648 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2026 2/3

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired during the course of investigation based on confessional statement of apprehended accused in police custody, which does not have any evidentiary value. It is also submitted that from perusal of the allegation, as alleged in the FIR, it would manifest that the allegations are general and omnibus in nature. It is next submitted that petitioner is a senior citizen, aged about 76 years and came to be implicated in the instant case, based on confessional statement. It is also submitted that earlier also in similar manner, the petitioner was implicated. It is next submitted that petitioner is not a criminal and similarly situated co-accused Manish Kumar Yadav was granted the privilege of anticipatory bail by an order dated 01.08.2025 in Cr. Misc. No.52545/2025 passed by a learned Coordinate Bench.

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

Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.66648 of 2025(2) dt.10-02-2026 3/3

of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Kharik P.S. Case No.195/2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) B.N.S.S.

(Satyavrat Verma, J)

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