Patna High Court – Orders
Vindhyachal Kumar @ Ritesh Kumar vs The State Of Bihar on 14 August, 2025
Author: Chandra Prakash Singh
Bench: Chandra Prakash Singh
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.38392 of 2025
Arising Out of PS. Case No.-77 Year-2024 Thana- JAGDISHPUR District- Bhojpur
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Vindhyachal Kumar @ Ritesh Kumar S/O Prayag Singh Resident of Village-
Munshi Tola, P.S.- Jagdishpur, Dist.- Bhojpura
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar BIHAR
... ... Opposite Party/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Manoj Kumar
For the Opposite Party/s : Mr.Ashok Kumar Singh
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH
SINGH
ORAL ORDER
2 14-08-2025
Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned
A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for
grant of regular bail in connection with Jagdishpur P.S. Case
No. 77/2024 dated 09.03.2024 registered for the offence
punishable u/s 147, 149, 341, 323, 325, 307, 379, 504 and 506
of the Indian Penal Code and later on Section 302 of the I.P.C.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 08.03.2024 at about
11.30 A.M., when the informant was cutting grass in her field,
Pramod Singh, Vindhyachal Kumar (petitioner), Madan Kumar,
Rahul Kumar and Rohit Kumar abused her and assaulted her
with fist and slaps. In the meantime, Rahul Kumar hit her on the
left forearm with a bamboo stick, due to which her left arm got
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swollen. When her husband Bhagelu Yadav and grandsons Sonu
Kumar and Pankaj Kumar came to save her, Rahul Kumar hit
her husband Bhagelu Yadav on the head with a bamboo stick,
causing injury. Further, the co-accused Madan Kumar assaulted
the informant’s grandson Sonu with a bamboo stick, due to
which he sustained injury on the palm of his right hand.
Thereafter, the co-accused Golu Kumar assaulted the
informant’s grandson Pankaj with a brick, due to which he
sustained injury on the elbow of his right hand. In the meantime,
the co-accused, Rahul snatched six gold chains from his neck.
Thereafter, the informant took her husband to Sadar Hospital for
treatment from where the doctor referred him to Patna for better
treatment where he succumbed to the injury.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted
that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in
this case. The specific allegation of assaulting the informant’s
husband is against the co-accused Rahul. Learned counsel has
submitted that the allegation against the petitioner is that he has
assaulted on the hand of the informant’s grandson which is
simple in nature. The petitioner has clean antecedent as stated in
para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since
16.04.2025.
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances
of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner above-
named, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond
of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of
the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court
concerned, Bhojpur at Ara in connection with Jagdishpur P.S.
Case No. 77/2024.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J)
guddukr/-
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