In Ritesh Anand & Anr. vs. The State of Bihar (2026), Supreme Court's Division Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan passed a 3-page long order dated April 24, 2026, wherein, it observed: "We are of the view that there was no good reason for the High Court to restrict the operation of the order of anticipatory bail till the filing of the charge-sheet. 5. The order passed by the High Court releasing the petitioners on anticipatory bail shall operate till the conclusion of the trial. 6. With the aforesaid, this petition stands disposed of."
Earlier, in Ritesh Anand & Anr. vs. The State of Bihar (2026), Justice Satyavrat Verma of Patna High Court had delivered a 4-page long order dated March 23, 2026, wherein, the petitioners were released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.10,000/- each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned trial court where the case is pending/successor court in connection with Minapur P.S. Case No.286/2024, "subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S. 7. However, it is made clear that if charge sheet is submitted connecting the petitioners with the offence, in that event, the present anticipatory bail order shall come to an end."
The petitioners apprehending their arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 105, 3(5) of the B.N.S. had approached the High Court for anticipatory bail. The petitioners were persons with clean antecedent. The informant alleged that land of petitioners was adjacent to his land and petitioners passed electric current through iron wire of the informant with which the informant had wired his pumpkin field, on account of which he along with both his sons got electric current and his elder son died.
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