Ritesh Kumar @ Ritesh Yadav v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.25095 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-468 Year-2024 Thana- SAUR BAZAR District- Saharsa ====================================================== Ritesh Kumar @ Ritesh Yadav S/O Rohit Yadav R/O Vill.- Bhaptiyahi, Ward no. 7, P.S.- Sour Bazar, Dist.- Saharsa ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Patna ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Abhisek Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Shahabuddin Azeem @ S. Azeem ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned A.P.P for the State.
2. The petitioner has preferred this application for grant of regular bail in connection with Saur Bazar P.S. Case No. 468 of 2024 dated 28.08.2024 registered for the offences punishable u/s 126(2), 115(2), 137(2), 140(2), 140(3), 309(4), 351(3) read with section 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 27.08.2024 at about 10:00 P.M., the informant along with his two friends namely Chotu Kumar and Kush Kumar was returning from Saharsa to his maternal grand mother's home on Apache Motorcycle bearing Registration No. BR-34U5843, in the meantime, five-
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.25095 of 2025(2) dt.01-07-2025 2/3 six miscreants came by four wheeler bearing Registration No.BR11BA-1006 and they forcefully made them sit in the said vehicle and took them near river and started assaulting the informant and his friends and snatched their mobile phones and motorcycle. Further, all the miscreants are alleged to have kidnapped the informant and his friends and confined them in the house of the co-accused Santosh Kumar and demanded ransom amount of Rs. 1,00,000/- from each.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has falsely been implicated in this case. Nothing has been recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner. The petitioner is not named in the FIR. The statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S., it is evident that the victim has not taken the name of the petitioner. The name of the petitioner was disclosed by the coaccused, Balaji Kumar and Manish Kumar. No. T.I.P has been conducted by the prosecution. The other co-accused person has already been granted regular bail by this court vide order dated 18.06.2025 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 19503/2025. The petitioner has one criminal antecedent in which he is on bail as stated in para 3 of the bail petition. The petitioner is in custody since 28.09.2024.
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5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently opposed the bail petition of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the period of custody, the petitioner abovenamed, is directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing bail-bond of Rs.20,000/- (Rupees Twenty Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Court concerned, Saharsa in connection with Saur Bazar P.S. Case No. 468 of 2024.
7. The application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) shivam/- U T