Ramjan Ali v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.4085 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-349 Year-2025 Thana- MANJHAGARH District- Gopalganj ====================================================== Ramjan Ali, Male, aged about 27 yeas, son of Late Ramtullah, resident of Village- Barauli, P.O. and P.S. - Barauli, Dist. - Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Shashi Shekhar Tiwary, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh, APP For the Informant :
Mr. Aryan Sinha, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KHATIM REZA ORAL ORDER 25-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State and learned counsel for the informant.
2. The petitioner seeks bail in connection with Manjhagarh PS Case No.349 of 2025 dated 20.09.2025, instituted for the offence punishable under Sections 103(1), 238, 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the brother-inlaw of the informant used to live in the informant's house for study. On the alleged date of occurrence, at about 7.30 PM in the night, his brother-in-law, Sartaj Ali, went outside but did not come back. The informant searched him but did not get any information regarding him and, accordingly, informed the
2/4 police. On 20.09.2025, he got information that in Canal near Parsuram Bridge, a dead body has been found. When the informant and co-villagers reached at the spot, the found the dead body of Sartaj Ali. It is alleged that Sahid Al @ Langda had given threat to the deceased three months earlier.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is not named in the FIR. During investigation, coaccused Sahid Ali was arrested, who confessed the guilt and involvement of the petitioner in the said crime and thereafter the petitioner has been made accused in this case. Except the confessional statement of the petitioner, there is no material to connect the petitioner with the crime. There is no eye witness to the occurrence. Only on the basis of suspicion, the petitioner has been made accused in this case. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner is in custody since 23.09.2025 having one criminal case against him.
5. Learned APP as well as learned counsel for the informant has opposed the prayer for bail. Learned counsel for the informant submits that the petitioner and others have confessed the guilt and they were found roaming near the house of the deceased.
6. Having considered the facts and circumstances of
3/4 the case and submissions of learned counsel for the parties, let the petitioner be released on bail upon furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gopalganj, in Manjhagarh PS Case No.
4/4 attendance till the framing of charge in the case by the trial Court.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Khatim Reza, J) J. Alam/- U T