CR. MISC./11811/2026 of Sanjay Kumar Bhanu Vs The State of Bihar on 20 August 2026

ORAL ORDER

20-08-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 316(2), 318(4), 352, 351(2), 3(5) of the B.N.S.

3. As per F.I.R., allegation against petitioner is that he and co-accused Ankit Raj @ Sonu induced the informant to invest Rs. 20 lakhs for a medicine company stockistship, but despite receiving the alleged amount, they neither provided the stockistshihp nor returned the alleged money and on demand, threatened and abused.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner is neither the stockiest nor proprietor of M/s Ayush Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.11811 of 2026(4) dt.20-08-2026

Drug International Agarwa, Motihari and has been made accused merely because he happens to be father of co-accused Ankit Raj @ Sonu. He further submits that entire payment has been made in the account of co-accused Ankit Raj, who is proprietor and Stockiest of the aforesaid firm. Moreover, the dispute involved in the present petition is of civil nature and none of the acts allegedly committed by the petitioner give rise to any criminal liability.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail.

6. In the facts and circumstances of the case, in the event of arrest/surrender before the Court below within a period of eight weeks from today, let the above named petitioner be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned C.J.M., East Champaran at Motihari in connection with Motihari Town P.S. Case No. 209 of 2025, subject to condition as laid down under Section 482 of the B.N.S.S., 2023.

anay (Prabhat Kumar Singh, J.) U T