Ram Deo Sharma v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail granted, Patna High Court, Justice Jitendra Kumar, Cr. Misc. No.89323 of 2025(3), order dt. 07-04-2026. Petitioners: Ram Deo Sharma and Chandan Sharma (counsel: Amit Kumar Anand); State of Bihar (APP: Humayou Ahmad Khan). FIR: Mirganj P.S. Case No. 115 of 2025 dated 19.06.2025, Purnia; offences under Sections 126(2), 352, 351(2), 109, 3(5) BNS 2023 and Section 27 Arms Act; allegations of abuse, criminal intimidation and firing by co-accused Ravi Sharma. Grounds: no overt-act against petitioners, no injury, antecedent disclosure (one nil, two antecedents), no earlier bail application. Relief: enlargement on arrest/surrender within eight weeks; bail bond Rs. 10,000 with two like sureties; conditions under Section 482(2) BNSS 2023; cancellation clauses for concealed antecedents and false previous-bail-petition statement.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail: petitioners directed to be enlarged on bail in the event of arrest or surrender before the court below within eight weeks, on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each, subject to Section 482(2), B.N.S.S., 2023, plus cancellation conditions for undisclosed criminal antecedents and a wrong statement regarding a previous bail petition.