Gopal Rai @ Gopalji Ray @ Gopalijee Rai @ Gopi Rai v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.2306 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-240 Year-2024 Thana- DORIGANJ District- Saran ====================================================== Gopal Rai @ Gopalji Ray @ Gopalijee Rai @ Gopi Rai S/o- Shivparsan Rai @ Kripal Rai Village- Raipur Bingawan Police station- Doriganj DistrictSaran, Chapra. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Brij Kishor Mishra, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Narendra Kumar Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 28-01-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.
2. Petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 191(2), 191(3), 190, 109 and 132 of B.N.S., 2023 as well as Section 27 of the Arms Act.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has antecedents of three cases and the informant alleges that on 27.09.2024 at 09:00 p.m., he heard an information regarding dispute in between two rival groups and the groups in order to establish supremacy were resorting to firing and a woman suffered gunshot injury, namely, Rajani Kumari. Accordingly, the informant proceeded towards the place of occurrence and heard sound of firing coming from
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2306 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 2/3 different directions. Further, from the place of occurrence and on the way also, the informant found several empty cartridges and Rajani Kumari was sent to hospital. Accordingly, the FIR was instituted against 29 named accused persons along with 4050 unknown accused.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence and he has falsely been implicated in this case.
5. The learned APP opposes the anticipatory bail application.
6. From the perusal of the allegations as alleged in the FIR, it would be manifest that the allegations are general and omnibus in nature. It is also submitted that based on secret information and disclosure made by the villagers, the names of the accused persons were recorded in the FIR. One of the coaccused person namely, Bhikham Rai @ Bhikhan Rai has already been granted privilege of anticipatory bail vide order dated 20.01.2026 passed in Cr. Misc. No.86261 of 2025.
7. Considering these aspects of the matter, this Court is inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, but considering the fact that the petitioner has six criminal antecedents, which have been disclosed in paragraph-3 of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.2306 of 2026(2) dt.28-01-2026 3/3 application, the petitioner will be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned trial court where the case is pending/Successor Court in connection with Doriganj P.S. Case No.240 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of B.N.S.S
8. It is made clear that one of the bailors shall be the son of the petitioner, namely, Ajay Kumar Ray.
9. It is also made clear that if the Investigating Officer of the case files an application before the learned Trial Court bringing to its notice that petitioner, despite giving assurance to this Court, is not cooperating in the investigation, in that event, the learned Trial Court shall be at liberty to cancel the bail bonds of the petitioner after recording reasons.
10. Let a copy of this order be sent to the concerned Police Station through the learned Trial Court. (Alok Kumar Sinha, J) Prakash Narayan U T