In Dhananjay Kumar @ Dhananjay Kumar Gupta vs. The State of Bihar & Anr. (2026), Supreme Court's Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan passed a 6-page long order dated May 4, 2026, wherein, it concluded:"Considering the circumstances on record, in our view, the appellant is entitled to the relief claimed under Section 482 of the BNSS. We, therefore, allow this appeal and set aside the order passed by the High Court dated 09.02.2026. We direct that in the event of arrest of the appellant, the Arresting Officer shall release the appellant on bail subject to furnishing cash security in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty-Five Thousand only) with two like sureties. It is directed that the appellant shall extend 3complete cooperation in the ensuing investigation/trial. The appellant shall not misuse his liberty and shall not in any way influence the witnesses or tamper with the material on record. With the aforesaid directions, the Criminal Appeal is allowed."
The appeal challenged rejection of anticipatory bail to the petitioner by Patna High Court's Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh's order dated February 9, 2026. The petitioner had approached the Court apprehending arrest in connection with crime registered pursuant to FIR of 2022 dated November 17, 2022 lodged with Police Station-Belsaganj, Sub-Division Sadar, District-Gaya in respect of the offences punishable under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the appellant preferred an application before the High Court seeking anticipatory bail in terms of Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
By order dated April 2, 2026, the Supreme Court had passed the order saying, "Till the next date of hearing, no coercive steps shall be taken as against the petitioner...."
The senior counsel for the appellant submitted that the dispute between the parties was with regard to the bouncing of a cheque and filing of a complaint under Section 138 of the NI Act; that the main accused was granted the anticipatory bail by the High Court by order dated August 1, 2023 however such a relief was not granted to the appellant herein. This Court, by virtue of the interim order dated April 2, 2026, was granted protection. In the circumstances, by following the principle of parity, the appellant may also be granted the relief of anticipatory bail subject to the terms and conditions that may be imposed by making the interim order absolute.
The counsel for the respondent-State submitted that the complaint was made under Section 200 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and bearing in mind the facts of this case, the appropriate order may be made in the appeal.
In Dhananjay Kumar @ Dhananjay Kumar Gupta vs. The State of Bihar & Anr. (2026), Patna High Court's Justice Prabhat Kumar Singh had passed a 3-page long order dated February 9, 2026. The petitioner had apprehended his arrest in a case registered for the offence. It was a case of cheque bounce. As per prosecution case, it was alleged that the petitioner, along with co-accused Ajit Kumar, took Rs. 70,00,000/ from the informant as consideration money in lieu of executing a land in his favour and later on, refused to execute the land. Thereafter, when the informant asked for his money back, the accused persons issued cheques in his favour which got bounced due to insufficiency of funds. Thus, the accused persons cheated the informant and extorted money from him. The respondent no. was Satyendra Yadav.
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