Mukund Kumar Jha v. The State of Bihar Patna
Case at a glance
Provisions considered
- Indian Penal Code, 1860 ss. 120(B), 147, 148, 149, 186, 188, 307, 323, 324, 325, 332, 333, 337, 341, 342, 353, 354B, 504, 506
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 s. 438(2)
- Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 s. 482(2)
Judgment
====================================================== Appearance : : For the Petitioner/s For the Opposite Party/s : ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER Mr. Dr Abdus Shakoor, Advocate Mr. Raj Kishor Singh, APP 2 25-06-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.
The petitioner apprehends arrest in a case registered for offence under Sections 147, 148, 149, 120(B), 186, 188, 341, 342, 323, 324, 325, 332, 333, 353, 307, 337, 354B, 504 & 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
As per prosecution case, all the F.I.R. named accused persons including this petitioner and 200-250 unknown persons are alleged to have surrounded the campus of police Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35412 of 2026(2) dt.25-06-2026 station, entered the police station, destroyed the papers and also set them on fire. During demonstration, they also attacked the police party and caused injury to the lady police and thereby caused hindrance in discharge of their official duties.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as per F.I.R. itself, the allegation of assault is general and omnibus and no specific overt act has been alleged against this petitioner. The local chowkidar has identified petitioner and others on the basis of alleged video footage. Save & except this, there is no other material against this petitioner. Petitioner claims clean antecedent. Similarly situated co-accused persons have already granted bail by this Court vide order dated 11.03.2026 in Cr. Misc. No. 76000 of 2025.
Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, in the event of their arrest/surrender within a period of eight weeks from today, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned A.C.J.M., Biraul, District Darbhanga in connection with Biraul P.S. Case No. 130 of 2024, subject to Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.35412 of 2026(2) dt.25-06-2026 condition as laid down under Section 438(2) of the Cr.P.C. / Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J) Koushik/Alok Raj- U T
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