Pankaj Kumar @ Pua v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Miscellaneous No.89034 of 2025, decided 12-01-2026 by Rajesh Kumar Verma, J. Anticipatory bail allowed to Pankaj Kumar @ Pua, Robin Kumar @ Suraj Kumar and Baima Kumar @ Raushan Kumar in Makhdumpur (Tehta) P.S. Case No. 508 of 2025 (FIR dt. 08.07.2025), District Jehanabad, under Sections 191(2), 126(2), 115(2), 109 and 352 BNS, 2023. Grounds: clean antecedents; general and omnibus allegation; no specific overt act of assault attributed. Bail bond Rs. 10,000/- each with two like sureties; conditions under Section 438(2) CrPC plus trial-co-operation, anti-tampering and antecedent-verification conditions. Advocates: Ashok Kumar (petitioners), Pushpa Kumari APP (State), Arvind Prasad Singh and Uttam Kumar Mishra (informant).
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail allowed: petitioners to be released on bail upon arrest or surrender within thirty days, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 438(2) CrPC conditions and additional conditions (co-operation in trial, no tampering with evidence/witnesses, verification of antecedents without delaying acceptance of bail bonds).