Patna High Court
/56943/2026 of Amit Kumar Singh Vs The State of Bihar on 18 August 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56943 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2018 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ====================================================== Amit Kumar Singh S/o Ashok Singh @ Tarkeshwar Singh Resident of Village - Dariyapur,Dhobahan,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.56943 of 2026
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-24 Year-2018 Thana- UDWANTNAGAR District- Bhojpur ======================================================
Amit Kumar Singh S/o Ashok Singh @ Tarkeshwar Singh Resident of Village
- Dariyapur,Dhobahan, Police Station - Ara Muffasil, District - Bhojpur at Ara.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s
:
Mr. Shashank Shekhar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
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ORAL ORDER
18-08-2026
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323, 307, 379, 354(a), 354(b), 447, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 37(b) of the Bihar Excise Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and the informant alleges that on 03.02.2018 at 08:30 PM, he along with his family members were returning from Ursh fair by an Auto, further in between Karisath and Nawanagar, three accused on Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56943 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
a motorcycle stopped the Auto, harassed the women and assaulted the family members with belt, it is next alleged that while fleeing the accused persons snatched gold ornaments from informant’s wife, further Aman Singh was caught at the spot by the police and he was in an intoxicated condition.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is not named in the FIR and his name transpired in the confessional statement of co-accused, Aman Singh, in police custody which does not have any evidentiary value.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State, Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner and submits that the case is of the year 2018 and petitioner has antecedent of two cases and his name transpired based on confessional statement of Aman. It is further submitted that though confessional statement, in police custody, does not have any evidentiary value, but then statement made by the accused in custody requires to be corroborated for which interrogation of the petitioner is required.
6. Considering the submissions made by the learned APP for the State and also taking into consideration the fact that petitioner has antecedent of two cases and the case is of Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.56943 of 2026(2) dt.18-08-2026
the year 2018, the Court is not inclined to extend the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner.
7. Accordingly, the instant anticipatory bail application stands rejected.
Rishabh/- (Satyavrat Verma, J) U T