Ritesh Kumar Rai @ Ritesh Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.8803 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-668 Year-2024 Thana- MAHUA District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ritesh Kumar Rai @ Ritesh Kumar S/o Late Umesh Ray R/o vill - Sadapur Mahua, Ward No. 25, P.S. Mahua, District Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ravish Mishra For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Yogendra Kumar Singh ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SATYAVRAT VERMA ORAL ORDER 02-07-2025

1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P. for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offences punishable under Sections 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), 109, 303(2), 352, 351, 76 and 3(5) of BNS.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is a person with clean antecedent and is alleged to have assaulted the informant by sword causing injury on his right leg and hand and thereafter is alleged to have assaulted the younger sister-in-law of the informant by knife causing injury on her right palm and left hand, apart from other allegations.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has been falsely implicated in the instant case by the informant. It is next submitted that petitioner and the informant

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8803 of 2025(5) dt.02-07-2025 2/3 are agnates and are having dispute relating to property. It is also submitted that father of the petitioner died and thereafter the dispute arose, as such, mother of the petitioner had even represented before the police authorities informing them that some untoward occurrence may take place and the side of the informant may oust her from her home and kill her son i.e. petitioner, but then no action was taken. It is also submitted that no doubt allegation is of assaulting the informant and his younger sister-in-law by sword and knife, but then from perusal of the injury report, it would manifest that the injury suffered by the injured is opined to have been caused by hard and blunt substance when sword and knife are sharp edged weapon. It is also submitted that even presuming what has been alleged is true without admitting then assault is not on vital part of the body.

5. Learned A.P.P. for the State opposes the prayer for anticipatory bail of the petitioner.

6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner above-named, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned trial court within a period of six weeks from today, be released on anticipatory bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/-

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.8803 of 2025(5) dt.02-07-2025 3/3 (Rupees Ten 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 Mahua P.S. Case No. 668 of 2024 subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482 (2) of BNSS.

(Satyavrat Verma, J) Rishabh/- U T