Suresh Prasad Vs The State of Bihar — Cheating and Forgery | Patna HC (2026)

Suresh Prasad Vs The State of Bihar — Cheating and Forgery | Patna HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner directed to surrender in the Court below within four weeks; in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Samastipur Muffasil P.S. Case no. 346 of 2025, he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Judge-cum-A.C.J.M.-II, Samastipur, subject to conditions under section 482 of the B.N.S.S.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, apprehending arrest in connection with Samastipur Muffasil P.S. Case no. 346 of 2025 (offences under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 351(2), 308(3), 308(4), 119(2), 61(2) B.N.S.), should be enlarged on anticipatory bail. +1 more

Court's answer

The petitioner was directed to surrender in the Court below within four weeks, and in the event of his arrest or surrender in connection with Samastipur Muffasil P.S. Case no. 346 of 2025, he will be enlarged on bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount.

Ratio / Principle

The Court held that the case is purely a civil dispute and was therefore inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail.

Key takeaways

The enlargement on bail is subject to the conditions as laid down under section 482 of the B.N.S.S., bail bonds and sureties to be furnished to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Judge-cum-A.C.J.M.-II, Samastipur.ratio¶¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Anticipatory bail granted — High Court of Judicature at Patna (Hon'ble Mr. Justice S. B. Pd. Singh), oral order dated 05-01-2026 in Criminal Miscellaneous No.88269 of 2025, arising out of Samastipur Muffasil P.S. Case no. 346 of 2025 instituted for offences under Sections 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), 351(2), 308(3), 308(4), 119(2) and 61(2) of the B.N.S. FIR alleged that petitioner Suresh Prasad and other co-accused fraudulently created forged documents of the informant's land, sold and purchased it among themselves, and later came armed to the land to grab it and threatened the informant. Petitioner's counsel urged that he was a bonafide title holder and the matter was essentially civil. Considering the case to be purely a civil dispute, the Court inclined to enlarge the petitioner on bail, directing him to surrender within four weeks; on arrest or surrender he is to be enlarged on bail on a bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Sub-Judge-cum-A.C.J.M.-II, Samastipur, subject to the conditions under section 482 of the B.N.S.S.