General allegations without specific overt acts are insufficient for denying pre-arrest bail.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

4 22-01-2026 Petition for pre-arrest bail of petitioner no.1 has already been dismissed as withdrawn. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. Petitioners no. 2 to 4 apprehend arrest in a case registered for the offence punishable under sections 126(2)/115/118(1)/109/303(2)/352/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita , 2023.

3. As per prosecution case, when the informant was at the house of his master, all the FIR named accused persons including these petitioners and 8/10 unknown persons came with arms and started abusing him and searching his master and in the process, accused persons assaulted the informant with knife and iron rod and snatched cash Rs.30,000/-.

4. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioners that allegation of assault is general and omnibus and no specific overt act has been alleged against these petitioners. As a matter of fact, petitioners had purchased a piece of land from agnate of master of the informant, though informant was also interested in purchasing the said land and due to this reason, master of informant, in order to dispossess these petitioners from the said piece of land, got this case lodged against them with false and concocted allegations. Doctor has found simple injury. 5. Learned counsel for the State and the informant oppose the prayer for pre-arrest bail.

6. Considering the aforesaid facts of the case, prayer for bail of petitioners no. 2,3 and 4 is allowed. In the event of arrest/surrender within eight weeks from today, let these petitioners, mentioned above, be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs.10,000/- (ten thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Saran at Chapra in Town Police Station Case No. 521 of 2024, subject to the conditions laid down under section

482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.

(Prabhat Kumar Singh, J)

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