Ranjan Kumar @ Vidhyak v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.12536 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-527 Year-2024 Thana- MANER District- Patna ====================================================== Ranjan Kumar @ Vidhyak Son of Guljan Ray @ Gulzar Ray R/o Village - Lodipur, P.S. - Maner, Dist. - Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, A.P.P.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 28-04-2026 Heard Mr. Sanjay Kumar Mishra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Ram Bilash Roy Raman, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in connection with Maner P.S. Case No. 527 of 2024 registered for the offence punishable under Sections 140(1), 109, 61(2), 3(5) of the BNS and Section 27 of the Arms Act.

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, petitioner along with other co-accused persons, had allegedly killed the husband of the informant.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that petitioner is not named in the FIR, which is against altogether eight persons, however, due to inadvertence, in paragraph no. 4 of the bail application, he has

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.12536 of 2026(3) dt.28-04-2026 2/2 given information that petitioner is also named in the FIR. It is the case of the petitioner that name of the petitioner has been disclosed by the informant in her restatement and he admits that the husband of the informant has died, whose dead body has not been reocvered till date as per the report contained in Memo No. 2020/24 dated 20.03.2026 and Section 103(1) of the BNS was also added lateron.

5. Considering the nature of allegation against the petitioner, who with a common intention, had assaulted and killed the husband of the informant, I am not inclined to enlarge the petitioner on pre-arrest bail.

6. Accordingly, the present application stands dismissed.

(Purnendu Singh, J) Niraj/- U T