Patna High Court – Orders
Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Yadav vs The State Of Bihar on 27 August, 2025
Author: Satyavrat Verma
Bench: Satyavrat Verma
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.54574 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-191 Year-2023 Thana- Mehendiya District- Arwal
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1. Ranjan Kumar @ Ranjan Yadav S/o- Krishna Yadav Village- Sarwarpur Ps-
Mahendiya Dist- Arwal
2. Malti Devi w/o- Krishna Yadav Village- Sarwarpur Ps- Mahendiya Dist-
Arwal
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Ranjay Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Nagendra Prasad, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA
ORAL ORDER
2 27-08-2025
1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and
learned A.P.P. for the State.
2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in a case
registered for the offences punishable under Sections 341, 323,
308, 379, 504, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioners, at the outset, submits that the offences for which the
instant FIR was instituted carries punishment of seven years and
less and accordingly petitioners were given notice under Section
41A of the Cr.P.C., but then police after investigation, in a
mechanical manner, submitted charge sheet. It is next submitted
that petitioners cooperated in the investigation and the police,
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during the course of investigation, never felt the need of
arresting the petitioners, as such, the police did not file any
requisition before the learned Magistrate seeking his permission
for arresting the accused persons, it is thus submitted that if
police during the course of investigation did not feel the need of
arresting the petitioners whether it would be prudent for this
Court to send the petitioners to jail. It is also submitted that
petitioners will cooperate in the trial to prove their innocence
and they will not delay the framing of charge.
4. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for
anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
5. Considering the submissions made by the learned
counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners above-named, in the
event of their arrest or surrender before the learned trial court
within a period of six weeks from today, be released on
anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-
(Rupees Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like
amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where
the case is pending/successor court in connection with
Mahendiya P.S. Case No. 191 of 2023 subject to the conditions
as laid down under Section 482 (2) of the BNSS.
6. However, it is made clear that if the learned Trial
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Court comes to a conclusion that petitioners, after their release,
are trying to delay the framing of charge or after framing of
charge are delaying the trial in any manner, in that event, the
learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of
the petitioners after recording reasons.
(Satyavrat Verma, J)
Rishabh/-
U T
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