Patna High Court – Orders
Ranjit Ray @ Ranjit Kumar Ray vs The State Of Bihar on 25 July, 2025
Author: Chandra Prakash Singh
Bench: Chandra Prakash Singh
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.37426 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-101 Year-2024 Thana- BUXAR MUFFSIL District- Buxar
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1. Ranjit Ray @ Ranjit Kumar Ray son of Surendra Rai @ Surendra Ray
Resident of village -Kochadhi PS- Rajpur District- Buxar
2. Niraj Ray @ Niraj Kumar Rai Son of Surendra Rai @ Surendra Ray
Resident of village -Kochadhi PS- Rajpur District- Buxar
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Arvind Kumar Pradhan, Advocate
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umanath Mishra, APP
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH
SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 25-07-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned
Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioners are apprehending their arrest in
connection with Buxar Muffasil P.S. Case No. 101 of 2024
dated 20.03.2024 registered for the offences punishable under
Sections 147, 148, 149, 341, 323, 342, 324, 325, 326, 307, 353,
332, 333, 337, 338, 386, 109, 427, 435, 188 and 120B of the
Indian Penal Code and Section 25(1-B)(a), 26, 27 and 35 of the
3. As per the prosecution case, the informant received
information from the officer of under construction Chausa
Thermal Power Plant and L&T Company that the petitioners and
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the co-accused persons along with about 200 unknown persons
were restraining the workers and employees of the said Thermal
Power Plant from entering the said power plant for doing
construction work. It is further alleged that all the accused persons
started pelting stones on the main gate of the said power plant,
thereafter, the police personnel reached the spot and informed the
protesters about the order dated 16 January 2024 passed in CWJC
No. 1696 of 2024 by Hon’ble Patna High Court and asked them to
follow the said order but they did not pay any heed and became
more aggressive. On seeing the critical situation, higher police
personnel discussed the matter and a team was constituted to
restrict the said rebellions from obstructing the construction work.
When the said police team raided on the spot, the protesters having
armed with lathi, danda, bricks and stones attacked the police team
causing injuries. Thereafter, the police personnel took shelter in
the said Thermal Power Plant, in the meantime, the protesters
damaged the said power plant and set it on fire. The accused Ram
Pravesh Yadav was continuously firing on the police personnel. It
is further alleged that 11 rounds of tear gas were also fired to
disperse the crowd. On search, 2 live cartridges, 7 iron poles, 20
lathies, one sound box, two pieces of iron stand fan, 50 to 60 stone
pieces, 20 to 22 broken bottles, 4 bamboo poles, 5 iron rods and
two hasua were recovered from the place of occurrence.
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4. Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted
that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been
implicated in this case. There is general and omnibus allegation
against the petitioners. It is further submitted that the State
Government has acquired his major agricultural land for Chausa
Thermal Power Plant along with other lands of his co-villagers and
many irregularities have been committed in the land acquisition
process by State authorities as no proper compensation has been
given and no rehabilitation scheme is followed. Nothing has been
recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioners. The
petitioners have no concern with the alleged occurrence. The co-
accused has been granted regular bail by this Court vide order
dated 22.07.2024 in Cr. Misc. No. 45142 of 2024. The
petitioners are accused in three other criminal cases as stated in
paragraph 3 of the bail petition.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
opposed the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioners.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
of the case, let the above named petitioners, in the event of their
arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be
enlarged on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.
20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand) each with two sureties of the
like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial
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Magistrate, Buxar in connection with Buxar Muffasil P.S. Case
No. 101 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under
section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S, with further condition:-
(i). The petitioners are directed to remain physically
present before the learned Court below on each and every date,
failing which on two consecutive dates without reasonable
cause, the bail bonds of the petitioners are liable to be cancelled.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)
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