Ravi Ranjan Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.1876 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-178 Year-2024 Thana- MANIYARI District- Muzaffarpur ====================================================== Ravi Ranjan Kumar Son of Raj Kumar Rai @ Raj Kumar Ray Resident of Village and P.O.- Molamma, P.S.- Kudhani, District - Muzaffarpur ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Singh, Adv.
For the State :
Mr. Md. Ataur Rahman, APP.
====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. SONI SHRIVASTAVA ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 25(9), 27, 35 of the Arms Act.
3. A perusal of the FIR would go to show that the informant, who is the SHO of P.S. Maniyari, received some photographs and videos on his personal WhatsApp showing that the petitioner had used illicit arms along with others by making blind firings.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegations levelled against the petitioner are totally false and and the entire FIR is based upon some vague photographs and
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1876 of 2025(3) dt.23-04-2025 2/3 video sent on the WhatsApp, the authenticity of which has not been tested. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a graduation student and since there is a boundary dispute amongst his family with his agnates, he has falsely been implicated in the present case. Learned counsel for the petitioner has also brought on record the I-card of the petitioner to show that he is a student. It is also submitted that at best, it could be a case of celebratory firing being made in a marriage ceremony and the same has not caused any injury to anyone.
5. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail.
6. Taking into consideration that the allegations are confined to some blank firings by a group of persons causing no injury to anyone and also that petitioner has no criminal antecedent, I am inclined to grant the privilege of anticipatory bail to the petitioner. Let the petitioner, above named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the Court below within four weeks, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned CJM, Muzaffarpur in connection with Maniyari P.S. Case No. 178 of 2024, subject to
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.1876 of 2025(3) dt.23-04-2025 3/3 the condition as laid down under Section 438 (2) of the Cr.P.C/ 482 (2) of the BNSS, 2023.
(Soni Shrivastava, J) divyanshi/- U T