Jainath Ray @ Jaynath Ray v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.27746 of 2026 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-342 Year-2025 Thana- RAJAPAKAR District- Vaishali ====================================================== Jainath Ray @ Jaynath Ray Son of late Lal Kishun Ray Resident of VillageShekhpura Police Station- Raja Pakar, Dist- Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Ranjeet Kumar For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr. Mithlesh Kumar Khare Mr. Navin Sharma ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE AJIT KUMAR ORAL ORDER 06-05-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the informant and learned APP for the State.
2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Raja Pakar P.S. Case No.342 of 2025, dated 26.09.2025, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
3. As per the F.I.R., there is an allegation that the petitioner forcibly committed sexual assault upon the informant's wife.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. It is further submitted that the informant's wife, under the influence of one Umesh Rai, with whom the petitioner
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27746 of 2026(3) dt.06-05-2026 2/3 has some dispute, is said to have lodged the First Information Report. It is contended that this fact can be gathered from Annexure-2 to the bail application, which is stated to have been filed before the concerned Court, wherein it has specifically been mentioned that the case was lodged on account of wrong information. It is further stated that the indications given by the informant's wife, who is stated to be unable to speak, could not be properly understood by the informant, and accordingly, the present case came to be instituted. Lastly, it is submitted that the petitioner has no criminal antecedents.
5. On the other hand, learned counsel for the informant has appeared and does not deny the contents of Annexure-2 to the bail application.
6. Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner, be released on bail, in the event of his arrest or surrender before the learned Court below within a period of six weeks from today, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur/Successor Court in connection with Raja Pakar P.S. Case No.342 of 2025, subject to the conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.27746 of 2026(3) dt.06-05-2026 3/3 BNSS as well as the following conditions:
(i) One of the bailors should be the family member/relative/known of the petitioner(s) who shall provide official document/ personal affidavit to show his/her bona fide; (ii) the petitioner(s) shall appear on each and every date before the Trial Court and failure to do so for two consecutive dates without plausible reason will entail cancellation of his/her/their bail bond by the Trial Court itself; (iii) the petitioner(s) shall in no way try to induce or promise or threat the witnesses or tamper with the evidences, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of the bail bonds;
(iv) the petitioner(s) shall desist from committing any criminal offence again, failing which the State shall be at liberty to take steps for cancellation of their bail bonds. (Ajit Kumar, J) shikha/- U T