Jitendra Kumar @ Jitendra Singh v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.76261 of 2025, decided 13-01-2026 by Prabhat Kumar Singh, J. Anticipatory bail allowed in a murder case arising from a land dispute (Sections 103(1), 61(2) BNS 2023; Section 27 Arms Act; Rani Talab P.S. Case No. 277 of 2025, Danapur court). Petitioner unnamed in F.I.R., implicated via co-accused Divyanshu Kumar's confessional statement naming co-accused Mantu as shooter; seven prior prosecutions (four acquittals, two final forms, one bail). Bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; surrender/arrest window of eight weeks; Section 482 BNSS conditions apply. Counsel: Krishna Pd. Singh, Sr.Adv. and Arvind Kumar for petitioner; Bishweshwar Ram, APP for the State; N.K. Agrawal, Sr.Adv. with Amresh Kr. Sinha and Kumar Rajdeep for the informant.
What did the court decide?
Direction for enlargement on anticipatory bail: petitioner to be released on bail if arrested or upon surrender within eight weeks, on a personal bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned J.M. 1st Class, Danapur (Patna), in connection with Rani Talab P.S. Case No. 277 of 2025, subject to conditions under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.