Patna High Court – Orders
Ranjan Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 18 January, 2025
Author: Chandra Shekhar Jha
Bench: Chandra Shekhar Jha
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.70201 of 2024
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-68 Year-2022 Thana- KIUL RAIL P.S. District- Lakhisarai
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Ranjan Kumar, Son of Manikant Prasad, Resident of Village - Santar, P.S. -
Lakhisarai, District - Lakhisarai.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar.
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Amrendra Kumar, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Mukesh Kumar Singh, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
ORAL ORDER
2 18-01-2025
Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing
on behalf of the State.
2. The accused/petitioner is named in F.I.R. and
apprehending his arrest in connection with Kiul P.S. Case No.
68 of 2022, registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 147, 148, 149, 353, 436, 457, 380, 411, 302, 427
of the Indian Penal Code and Sections
150,151,152,145,146,147,174(A) of Railway Act.
3. As per the case of prosecution, more than 500
protesters including this petitioner pelted stones on train
coach and burned the train coaches by protesting the
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“Agnipath Scheme” related with new recruitment policy of
Indian Army.
4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the
petitioner submitted that the petitioner falsely implicated with
present occurrence purely on the basis of suspicion. It is
submitted that there is no specific allegation qua any overt act
against the petitioner, where the allegation appears prima
facie very much general and omnibus being part of crowd. It
is also pointed out that similarly situated co-accused persons,
namely Golu Kumar and Mulayam Singh Yadav granted
anticipatory bail by learned co-ordinate Benches of this Court
through Cr. Misc. No. 62195 of 2023 dated 19.02.2024 and
Cr. Misc. No. 84489 of 2023 dated 18.01.2024 respectively.
It is submitted by learned counsel that before this case, the
petitioner was of clean antecedent, whereas it is submitted
that regarding same occurrence one another case i.e. R.P.F.
Kiul-3/2022 was also lodged against this petitioner, where he
is on bail.
5. Learned APP opposes the prayer of bail.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and
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circumstances and by taking note of fact as the allegation
prima facie appears very much general and omnibus against
this petitioner being part of crowd, where several similarly
situated co-accused persons granted anticipatory bail by
different co-ordinate Benches of this Court, accordingly,
above named petitioner, in the event of his arrest or
surrender before the learned trial Court, within a period of
four weeks of the order, are directed to be released on bail
furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand)
with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of
the learned Railway Judicial Magistrate, Kiul,
Lakhisarai/concerned Court, where the case is pending in
connection with Kiul P.S. Case No. 68 of 2022, subject to the
conditions as laid down under Section 438(2)of the
Cr.P.C./482(2) of BNSS.
(Chandra Shekhar Jha, J)
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