Ravish Kumar v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CRIMINAL MISCELLANEOUS No.30963 of 2025 Arising Out of PS. Case No.-7 Year-2024 Thana- BALIYA District- Begusarai ====================================================== Ravish Kumar S/O Nawal Kishore Kunwar @ Naval Kunwar R/O VillageGokhle Nagar Bishnupur, P.S- Balia, Distt.- Begusarai. ... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
The State of Bihar Bihar ... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr.Sabal Kumar Jha, Adv.
For the Opposite Party/s :
Mr.Renuka Ratnakar (App125) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE CHANDRA PRAKASH SINGH ORAL ORDER 11-07-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
2. The petitioner is apprehending his arrest in connection with Balia P.S Case No. 07 of 2024 dated 04.01.2024 registered for the offence punishable u/s 341, 323, 504, 506, 384, 379 read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
3. As per the prosecution case, on 27.08.2023 the informant with his associates went to spread fertilizers on the field of maize and animal fodder then all the above named accused persons stopped and abused them for which the informant gave written information to Circle Officer. All the accused persons have stopped them. On 12.11.2023 when the informant was ploughing his field then the co-accused, Nawal
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30963 of 2025(2) dt.11-07-2025 2/3 Kishore Kunwar and Abhay Kunwar with intention to kill the informant fired upon him. The bullet passed by his temple. When the informant started fleeing away to save his life then the co-accused persons surrounded the informant and started assaulting him and with intention to kill the informant kidnapped him and took him away towards the Ganga River. Abhay Kunwar and Nawal Kunwar snatched Rs. 8400/-. All the accused persons looted the fertilizers and seeds and demanded Rs. 50,000/- as extortion.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case. It is submitted that both the parties are agnates and there is land dispute between the parties. It is further submitted that the allegation against the co-accused, Nawal Kishore Kunwar and Abhay Kunwar to snatch Rs. 8400/- in cash is ornamental in nature and similarly the allegation against the petitioner to demand Rs. 50,000/- as extortion is false. The co-accused person has already been granted anticipatory bail by this court vide order dated 20.05.2024 passed in Cr. Misc. No. 30382/2024. The petitioner has no criminal antecedent as stated in para 3 of the bail petition.
5. Learned A.P.P. for the State has vehemently
Patna High Court CR. MISC. No.30963 of 2025(2) dt.11-07-2025 3/3 opposed the prayer of anticipatory bail of the petitioner.
6. Considering the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case as well as the nature of allegation levelled against the petitioner, let the above named the petitioner, in the event of his arrest/surrender within a period of six weeks from today, be enlarged on anticipatory 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, Begusarai in connection with Begusarai Balia P.S Case No. 07 of 2024, subject to conditions as laid down under Section 482(2) of the B.N.S.S.
7. This application stands allowed.
(Chandra Prakash Singh, J) Gautam/- U T