Patna High CourtCR. MISC./21155/2025bail rejected

Ravikant Kumar v. The State Of Bihar

2025-04-23Mr. Justice Dr. Anshuman2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.21155 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-482 Year-2024 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Ravikant Kumar Son of Shree Ganga Rai Resident of Village - Panapur Langa, P.S. - Baranti, District - Vaishali, At present Posted as Niyojit Madhyamik Shikshak, Shivnandan Ganga High School Bakarpur, Block - Rajapakar, P.S. - Rajapakar, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Manish Chandra Gandhi, Adv.

For the Opposite Party/s :

Mr.Meena Singh, APP ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DR. ANSHUMAN ORAL ORDER 23-04-2025 Heard Learned Counsel for the petitioner and Learned APP for the State.

2. The present Criminal Miscellaneous Application has been filed under Section 482 of The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as "BNSS, 2023") for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner who apprehend his arrest in connection with Rajapakar P.S. Case No.482 of 2024 lodged on 09.12.2024, for the offences punishable under Sections 316(5), 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3) and 340(2) of the BNS, 2023.

3. As per the prosecution, FIR has been lodged against the petitioner with allegation that he appeared in the exam in place of another student.

4. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has committed no offence. He

Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.21155 of 2025(2) dt.23-04-2025 2/2 submits that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submits that the petitioner is in possession of his own certificate. The admit card is with him and he has to appear in the examination. He further submits that due to mistake of Pairwikar, those documents could not brought on record.

5. Counsel submits that the criminal antecedent of the petitioner is clean.

6. Learned APP for the State opposes the prayer for bail and submits that documents on which petitioner is relying, is not available before the Court.

7. In the present facts and circumstances, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner, therefore the bail application of the petitioner is hereby rejected.

8. However, trial court is directed to consider the regular bail application of the petitioner, if he surrenders within 4 weeks from today and prays for regular bail, then trial court shall pass order, by considering his own admit card by virtue of which he has claimed to appear for the said examination, on merit without being prejudice of the present order preferably on the same day.

(Dr. Anshuman, J.) Prakashmani/- U T