Rauf Gadi @ Rauf Gaddi v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Crl. Misc. No.69852 of 2025, decided 06-04-2026, single judge (Anil Kumar Sinha, J). Anticipatory bail allowed to Rauf Gadi @ Rauf Gaddi, Lalmuni and Md. Sahabuddin in Complaint Case No. 02 of 2024 (West Champaran) under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 384, 323, 504 IPC alleging forgery of R.S. Khatiyan and fraudulent transfer of khatiyani land (Khata No. 146, Plot No. 1232). Court treated the matter as prima facie a civil land dispute, neither side producing revenue receipt or mutation order; bail fixed at Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties before CJM Bettiah, subject to Section 482(2) BNSS. Keywords: anticipatory bail, land dispute, civil dispute, forgery, khatiyani land, mutation pending, BNSS 482(2).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted to all three petitioners, to operate in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within four weeks, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bettiah, District West Champaran, in connection with Complaint Case No. 02 of 2024, subject to conditions under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.