Umesh Yadav v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.71798 of 2025, decided 21-01-2026 by Justice Sandeep Kumar. Anticipatory bail application of Umesh Yadav in Ghoshi P.S. Case No. 220 of 2025 (Jehanabad), offences under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 329(3), 329(4), 109, 303(2), 352, 351(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, rejected on nature and gravity of offence; petitioner identified as author of head injury caused by hard blunt substance in lathi/iron-rod assault on informant's family; direction to surrender within two weeks and seek regular bail, failing which SP Jehanabad to arrest; order faxed to SP. Keywords: anticipatory bail, rejection, BNS 2023, grievous hurt, head injury, Jehanabad, surrender direction.
What did the court decide?
On the allegations, the informant and his family member were assaulted with lathi and iron rod; the head injury was caused by a hard blunt substance and the petitioner is the author of that injury.