Bhola Ravidas v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.5825 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-247 Year-2024 Thana- JHAJHA District- Jamui ====================================================== 1.

Bhola Ravidas S/O Nanho Ravidas R/O vill - Teliyadih, P.S - Jhajha, DistJamui 2.

Sanjay Ravidas @ Sanjay Das S/O Arjun Ravidas R/O vill - Teliyadih, P.S - Jhajha, Dist- Jamui ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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The State of Bihar Bihar 2.

'X' W/o Jagdish Ravidas R/o Village- Teliyadih, P.O.-Teliyadih, P.S.- Jhajha, District- Jamui ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Sanju Singh For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Yogendra Kumar ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NAWNEET KUMAR PANDEY ORAL ORDER 22-09-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as the learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners apprehend their arrest in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 247 of 2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 149, 323, 341, 376, 506 ane 34 of the Indian Penal Code and 27 of Arms Act.

3. As per allegation, on 18.05.2024, at about 11:00 PM, while the complainant was sleeping in her verandah, petitioner no. 1 committed rape upon her at the point of a pistol and petitioner no. 2 gagged her mouth with a towel, abused her, and threatened to kill her.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners are innocent and have falsely been implicated in this case. The complaint has been filed after more than a month. It

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.5825 of 2025(5) dt.22-09-2025 2/2 has further been submitted that the complainant is aunt of the petitioners and she is a lady of 60 years of age. It has also been submitted that the witnesses in paragraph 17 and 18 of the case diary have stated that there was land dispute between the petitioners and the complainant, and the informant is habitual in lodging the cases against innocent persons.

5. On the other hand, the learned APP for the state has opposed the prayer for bail and submitted that the witnesses have supported the case in paragraph nos. 6, 7, and 8 of the case diary, to which the learned counsel for the petitioners replied that those witnesses are family members of the complainant.

6. Considering the above-mentioned facts and circumstances, let the petitioners, in the event of their arrest or surrender within four weeks before the learned court below, be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) each with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jamui in connection with Jhajha P.S. Case No. 247 of 2024, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.

(Nawneet Kumar Pandey, J) kundan/- U T