The court grants bail to the accused, emphasizing conditions regarding criminal antecedents and integrity of prior statements.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JITENDRA KUMAR ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seeks bail, apprehending their arrest, in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case No. 137 of 2025, dated.12.07.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115, 109, 76, 303(2), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S. , 2023.

3. As per allegation, the Petitioners along with other co-accused lased with lathi and danda started abusing and attacking the informant and her family members and as per the further case of the prosecution, the Petitioner, Ravi Ranjan caused injury on the head of the brother-in-law of the Informant, whereas the Petitioner Vivek Kumar injured Krishna Mahto by farsa.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. He also submits that the alleged injury caused by the Petitioners is simple in nature. He further submits that the other co-accused have already been enlarged on bail by the Court below itself.

5. It is also stated in paragraph no. 2 of the bail petition that the petitioners have not moved this Court earlier either for anticipatory bail or regular one in the instant case.

6. It has further been stated in paragraph no.3 of the bail petition that the petitioners have no criminal antecedents.

7. However, learned APP for the State vehemently opposes the prayer of the Petitioners for bail.

8. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances, this petition is allowed, directing the petitioners, above-named, to be enlarged on bail, in the event of their arrest or surrender before the court below within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, on their furnishing bail B.N.S. in the sum of Rs. 10,000 /- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned concerned Court below, in connection with Nauhatta P.S. Case No. 137 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the B.N.S. S

2023, and on the following conditions:

(i) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that the petitioners have any criminal antecedents, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners after hearing them and getting satisfied that the petitioners have concealed their criminal antecedents despite their knowledge of the same.

(ii) In case, it is brought to the notice of the court below that statement regarding previous bail petition is wrong, learned court below shall cancel the bail bonds of the petitioners.

(Jitendra Kumar, J.)